Definitions

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  • noun Aggressive security screening prior to aircraft boarding.
  • verb To aggressively screen (someone) prior to allowing (that person) to board an aircraft.

Etymologies

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From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) +‎ rape, formed to rhyme with date rape

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