1.
A search of one’s person in which the hands are passed over the body and limbs outside the clothing (Note: In the order of thoroughness
body searches are termed: 1. strip frisk; 2. frisk; 3. rubdown; 4, fan; 5. once-over.)
2. (Rare) A
beating administered in the course of an illegal
third degree,
“I’m lamming (fleeing the area) till the heat is off (police activity lessens). Them pick-ups (arrests on suspicion) and rubdowns ain’t doin’ me no good.”
- american underworld dictionary - 1950