search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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Detectives obtained a search warrant and collected digital evidence from the suspect’s Sacramento home.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters The FBI agent behind the controversial search warrant that led to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election ballots from a Fulton County, Georgia, election site will not have to testify in a hearing in the case on Friday, a federal judge ruled.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
With the help of the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, arrest and search warrants were obtained.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Fitzsimmons was accused of pointing a gun at an officer from her own department while she was being served a search warrant last June.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters The FBI agent behind the controversial search warrant that led to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election ballots from a Fulton County, Georgia, election site will not have to testify in a hearing in the case on Friday, a federal judge ruled.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
With the help of the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, arrest and search warrants were obtained.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Fitzsimmons was accused of pointing a gun at an officer from her own department while she was being served a search warrant last June.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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