search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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Ranjani Srinivasan Columbia faced another immigration investigation last week when two agents executed a search warrant on two on-campus residences, Interim President Katrina Armstrong said in a letter to students and faculty.
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Andy Rose, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Ethan Michael Gosch, 34, on Nov. 25 Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation responded to a home in the 3000 block of NW 73rd St. in the Northland to serve a federal search warrant.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Police allegedly seize over 17 pound of cannabis while executing a search warrant at a Norwalk smoke shop that has been raided three times.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
The screening could be used in applying for a search warrant to draw a driver’s blood or urine for drug testing.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2025
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Andy Rose, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Ethan Michael Gosch, 34, on Nov. 25 Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation responded to a home in the 3000 block of NW 73rd St. in the Northland to serve a federal search warrant.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Police allegedly seize over 17 pound of cannabis while executing a search warrant at a Norwalk smoke shop that has been raided three times.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
The screening could be used in applying for a search warrant to draw a driver’s blood or urine for drug testing.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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