search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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Officers executed a search warrant at Figgs’ home and arrested him.
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
Law enforcement carried out a search warrant and found a handwritten list of names, many of which were the same public officials named in the notebooks found in Boelter’s SUV.
—Mara Gottfried, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
The food delivery company worked with detectives in the case since at least Nov. 23, 2022, court filings showed, and provided a response the day after to a search warrant from Dec. 6, 2022.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2025
While carrying out the search warrants, which took place in areas outside of Fairfield, police said the mother of one of the suspects interfered with police in East Windsor.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
Law enforcement carried out a search warrant and found a handwritten list of names, many of which were the same public officials named in the notebooks found in Boelter’s SUV.
—Mara Gottfried, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
The food delivery company worked with detectives in the case since at least Nov. 23, 2022, court filings showed, and provided a response the day after to a search warrant from Dec. 6, 2022.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2025
While carrying out the search warrants, which took place in areas outside of Fairfield, police said the mother of one of the suspects interfered with police in East Windsor.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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