search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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Investigators executed search warrants on Richman’s devices in 2019 and 2020.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
As the Halloween weekend loomed, a judge authorized the execution of search warrants on Ali and Mahmoud’s homes.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Kenney also filed a six-page civil rights lawsuit against the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office last December, alleging that investigators lied in order to obtain a search warrant on his business.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Investigators then obtained a search warrant and determined that Leah Dickens, 6, was the first child to be killed in May of this year, the sheriff said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
As the Halloween weekend loomed, a judge authorized the execution of search warrants on Ali and Mahmoud’s homes.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Kenney also filed a six-page civil rights lawsuit against the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office last December, alleging that investigators lied in order to obtain a search warrant on his business.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Investigators then obtained a search warrant and determined that Leah Dickens, 6, was the first child to be killed in May of this year, the sheriff said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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