tausa, verb intransitive
- Origin:
- As tausa noun.
To perform a ‘dance’ as required of prisoners during a full body inspection.
1954 H. Nxumalo in J. Crwys-Williams S. Afr. Despatches (1989) 316We returned to the jail at 4. We were ordered to undress and ‘tausa,’ a common routine of undressing prisoners when they return from work searching their clothes, their mouths, armpits and rectum for hidden articles.
1965 R.H.L. Strachan in Rand Daily Mail 30 June 4I was sent first to the Port Elizabeth North End Prison...Searching was most undignified. The man puts his hand anywhere on your body. At times I was made to ‘tausa’.
To perform a ‘dance’ as required of prisoners during a full body inspection.
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