0 the power given to the police to search someone if they have a good reason to believe they are carrying drugs, a weapon, or stolen property, or an occasion when someone is searched :
1 to stop a person or vehicle and search them or it, because you believe the person is carrying, or the vehicle contains, drugs, a weapon, or stolen property:
Most discussions on the subject of stop and search begin with something like, "stop and search is an essential crime fighting tool".
He handed over statistics on traffic stops and searches in 2018 and 2019.
These new stop and search powers risk alienating the public.
The report said some residents were stopped and searched without cause.
This gives police extra powers to stop and search and to detain suspects without charge.