gate rape
Meanings
noun
- Aggressive security screening prior to aircraft boarding.
verb
- To screen (someone) aggressively prior to allowing them to board an aircraft.
Word forms
Etymology
From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape, formed to rhyme with date rape.
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