search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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The charges stem from an incident on Feb. 28 when agents with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection were serving search warrants in South Los Angeles.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In a previously-unreported motion filed by the Pennsylvania DOJ office in February, prosecutors accused Microsoft of failing to provide data from unnamed users’ email accounts in response to a December search warrant filed by the Drug Enforcement Agency.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
On Monday, Homeland Security Investigations agents executed search warrants at his mansions in Los Angeles and at 2 Star Island Drive in Miami Beach.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Roxbury drug bust Boston Police reported a 27-year-old arrested Friday after a search warrant allegedly turned up fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In a previously-unreported motion filed by the Pennsylvania DOJ office in February, prosecutors accused Microsoft of failing to provide data from unnamed users’ email accounts in response to a December search warrant filed by the Drug Enforcement Agency.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
On Monday, Homeland Security Investigations agents executed search warrants at his mansions in Los Angeles and at 2 Star Island Drive in Miami Beach.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Roxbury drug bust Boston Police reported a 27-year-old arrested Friday after a search warrant allegedly turned up fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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