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

Recent Examples on the Web

Police seized his vehicle and, according to a search warrant, cadaver dogs alerted to a scent in the vehicle and on the shovel. —Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2024

Sometime that day, law enforcement execute a search warrant at Anderson’s home. —Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024

Eventually, investigators conducted a search warrant of Eddy's house and confiscated her computer, phone, and tablet, knives from the kitchen and a car from the residence -- a Toyota Camry. —Kieran McGirl, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024

Additional records obtained through a search warrant showed that Dressel had told someone on Facebook Messenger about being in the Capitol that day. —Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024

When police returned with a search warrant the next day, the couple was gone. —Ray Sanchez, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024

Authorities made the discoveries after search warrants were obtained and executed by the L.A. County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation and the L.A. County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC). —Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024

Sheriff’s deputies arrested the 17-year-old at his apartment after executing a search warrant Wednesday. —Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 6 Apr. 2024

An hour and a half later, Javier Salguero, who owned and controlled several smog shops including one in Bell and two in Maywood, wrote in the group chat that law enforcement was at one of his shops with a search warrant. —Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1739, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

search warrant

noun

: a warrant making legal a search of a specified place (as a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions (as illegal drugs)

Legal Definition

search warrant

see warrant