forced entry
Example Sentences
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Martin Shipton, associate editor for Nation.Cymru, confirmed police forced entry into his house in Cardiff on Wednesday, and served him with a search warrant.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Few signs of forced entry were visible on Sunday at the singer's home apart from a broken doorknob, an AFP journalist observed.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
Chief Jim McDonnell said that there was no sign of forced entry into Hidra’s apartment and, in the aftermath, announced an internal probe into the handling of the initial responses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
Police said two bodies were found after officers forced entry to a property on Palliser Road, having been asked by a concerned family member that morning to check in on them.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025
I took a self-guided tour of the downstairs rooms just to make sure that no stone had been left unturned, that no obvious forced entry had been missed.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
