search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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According to a search warrant for the phone, the new case is unrelated to his previous case.
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Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Less than 30 hours earlier, Officer Osmar Rodarte was slain while executing a search warrant in Olivehurst during a sweeping, multi-county law enforcement operation targeting transnational drug traffickers.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The current 23andMe policy says the company will not voluntarily share customers’ personal information with public databases, insurance companies, employers, or law enforcement (unless there is a valid court order, subpoena, or search warrant).
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Cops used a search warrant to find documents that connected Stokes to the GPS tracking device found beneath the victim’s vehicle, officials said.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
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Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Less than 30 hours earlier, Officer Osmar Rodarte was slain while executing a search warrant in Olivehurst during a sweeping, multi-county law enforcement operation targeting transnational drug traffickers.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The current 23andMe policy says the company will not voluntarily share customers’ personal information with public databases, insurance companies, employers, or law enforcement (unless there is a valid court order, subpoena, or search warrant).
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Cops used a search warrant to find documents that connected Stokes to the GPS tracking device found beneath the victim’s vehicle, officials said.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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