Definition of "frisk" []

• To move about briskly and playfully; frolic. (verb-intransitive)
• To search (a person) for something concealed, especially a weapon, by passing the hands quickly over clothes or through pockets. (verb-transitive)
• An energetic, playful movement; a gambol. (noun)
• The act of frisking. (noun)

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• "To justify a patdown of the driver or a passenger during a traffic stop, however, just as in the case of a pedestrian reasonably suspected of criminal activity, the police must harbor reasonable suspicion that the person subjected to the frisk is armed and dangerous."
• "Well, since that was a Fourth Amendment case, and the reasonable suspicion standard has other Fourth Amendment applications, (such as when a Terry v. Ohio type stop and frisk is valid,) the discussion in Brignoni-Ponce would apply to the Fourth Amendment generally."
• "The frisk is a quick search of an individual for weapons, evidence, or contraband."