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search warrant

NOUN
court order authorizing search
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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A search warrant was also served at the couple’s home and storage units in San Clemente, according to the statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

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

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

He produced a search warrant, at which point the three of them immediately began to comb through the entire house looking for incriminating papers or documents.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela



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