search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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In addition to the search warrant, Bessette said authorities also served a felony arrest warrant on 22-year-old Daniel Hunter of Waterbury.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Officers at a home on Delaware Boulevard this evening said a search warrant had been executed there.
—NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The Simi Valley Police Department and Ventura County High Tech Task Force assisted the FBI in serving the search warrant.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
She was shot and killed in March 2020 by LMPD officers executing a search warrant at her apartment as part of a drug investigation.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Officers at a home on Delaware Boulevard this evening said a search warrant had been executed there.
—NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The Simi Valley Police Department and Ventura County High Tech Task Force assisted the FBI in serving the search warrant.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
She was shot and killed in March 2020 by LMPD officers executing a search warrant at her apartment as part of a drug investigation.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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