Usually means: Frisking to detect concealed items.
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▸ noun:  (US, informal) An act of patting somebody's clothes to check for concealed weapons, etc.

Similar:
patter, pandy, spot check, lovepat, wet check, percussion, pitapat, paraffin test, pincheck, butt pad, more...

Opposite:
pat-up, frisk, search

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Similar:
patter, pandy, spot check, lovepat, wet check, percussion, pitapat, paraffin test, pincheck, butt pad, more...

Opposite:
pat-up, frisk, search



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