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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In August 2021, agents executed search warrants at the Downtown apartment and his Circle Drive home in Fairfield. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024 Around the same time, Paxton’s officers executed search warrants against Democratic organizers and a candidate in a key South Texas race and sued the state’s biggest urban counties over their voter registration drives. Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024 Advertisement In an attempt to track his whereabouts, Los Angeles Police Department detectives served a search warrant on the contractor that operates Warren’s GPS monitor. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 Getty Images Cutler was taken to a local hospital where a blood sample was obtained through a blood search warrant, the spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Oct. 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 28 Nov. 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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