search warrant

noun

: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions

Examples of search warrant in a Sentence

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The Justice Department started investigating the Florida congressman in the summer of 2020, and the FBI executed a search warrant on Gaetz later that year, seizing his cellphone and a cellphone belonging to his ex-girlfriend. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Officers quickly obtained a search warrant for the apartment. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024 The complaint states investigators executed a search warrant on a Gmail account associated with the fraudulent transactions and found that Sharp had backed up his data to the cloud linked to the email address. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024 Detectives, aided by the Glendale Police Department and the California Highway Patrol, then executed a search warrant on the suspects’ home. Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for search warrant 

Word History

First Known Use

1739, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of search warrant was in 1739

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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

search warrant

noun
: a warrant making legal a search of a specified place (as a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions (as illegal drugs)

Legal Definition

search warrant

see warrant

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