Transl. & English-speaking prisoners

[Mr Joshua Wilson]

I think I'll agree with an earlier post here - "strip
search" is quite formal.  In slang, it is usually
"shake down" as in "he got the shake down" or even "he
been shook down" in the colloquial speech of black
prisoners. 

A good resource on this in English is:
http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/.  

JW 

--- "Glushchenko, Alexei A."
<Alexei.A.Glushchenko at PLC-OIL.RU> wrote:

> > The closest English term for *shmon* in your 
> > sense is almost certainly "strip search"
> ===
> Brutal enough, I agree, and it may fit in
> contextually -- however, "shmon" does not
> necessarily involve searching a person. In fact,
> prisoners may be ordered to leave their cells before
> the cells would be searched for any hidden items
> (weapons, drugs etc.)
> 
> Alexei Glushchenko
> (No, I'm not speaking from personal experience)
> 
>
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