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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Once authorities obtained and executed a search warrant, the firearms were discovered in the freezer.
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Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
Homicide detectives then executed a search warrant at the home and found the child's body, a knife, knife handle and a bloody screwdriver on the dining room table, according to the document.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Investigators got search warrants for his home and electronic devices.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Agents executed search warrants to get evidence leading to his arrest.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
Obviously, the search warrant wouldn’t have included items already sold as hot goods.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
The most severe infractions were: LMPD uses excessive force
LMPD conducts searches based on invalid warrants, and the department executes search warrants without knocking and announcing
LMPD’s street enforcement violates the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 15 Apr. 2024
Law enforcement authorities executed search warrants March 28 at Willis' residence, the gas station — a Citgo on Livernois near Davison — and the stash house on Littlefield in Detroit.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2024
One tip, according to a search warrant, came in 10 days after Maddi Kingsbury vanished.
—Jordan Kinsey, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
Homicide detectives then executed a search warrant at the home and found the child's body, a knife, knife handle and a bloody screwdriver on the dining room table, according to the document.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Investigators got search warrants for his home and electronic devices.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Agents executed search warrants to get evidence leading to his arrest.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
Obviously, the search warrant wouldn’t have included items already sold as hot goods.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
The most severe infractions were: LMPD uses excessive force
LMPD conducts searches based on invalid warrants, and the department executes search warrants without knocking and announcing
LMPD’s street enforcement violates the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 15 Apr. 2024
Law enforcement authorities executed search warrants March 28 at Willis' residence, the gas station — a Citgo on Livernois near Davison — and the stash house on Littlefield in Detroit.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2024
One tip, according to a search warrant, came in 10 days after Maddi Kingsbury vanished.
—Jordan Kinsey, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
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