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Definitions

search warrant

NOUN
court order authorizing search
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


Example Sentences

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The commission heard how both officials entered the premises of a logistics company in the east of Johannesburg without a search warrant.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

When Conradt didn’t show at the undercover house, NBC and police went to his home in an attempt to serve a search warrant.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

District Judge Jean-Paul Boulee declared on Wednesday that Fulton County did not sufficiently prove that the FBI acted with “callous disregard” when it secured a search warrant to execute its January raid.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Some of the work led to Wednesday’s search warrant for the property in the 500 block of East Branch Street in Arroyo Grande.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Mr. Shine, our lawyer, was at the house when the detective and two deputies returned that afternoon with a search warrant.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen



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