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contraband of war
war materiel, as ammunition or weapons, which, by international law, may rightfully be intercepted and seized by either belligerent when shipped to the other one by a neutral country -
detector
A detector is an instrument which is used to discover that something is present somewhere, or to measure how much of something there is. -
frisk
to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn. -
right of search
the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure. -
strip-search
to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.