search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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While executing a search warrant at Temple's home on Thursday, FBI agents found neo-Nazi propaganda, a book related to Columbine High School shooters Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris and a Springfield Model 67 Series E shotgun with a barrel shorter than 18 inches.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
In September, investigators with the LAPD served a search warrant in connection with Rivas Hernandez's death at a home in Hollywood Hills where the singer was staying, law enforcement sources previously told PEOPLE.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
After obtaining a search warrant, police found a black hat and clothing that matched those seen on the man in the surveillance video.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Trinity Shockley The following day, a SWAT team surrounded Shockley’s home and took the student in for questioning before police executed a search warrant and found in Shockley’s bedroom further evidence of a fascination with mass shooters, according to the affidavit.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
In September, investigators with the LAPD served a search warrant in connection with Rivas Hernandez's death at a home in Hollywood Hills where the singer was staying, law enforcement sources previously told PEOPLE.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
After obtaining a search warrant, police found a black hat and clothing that matched those seen on the man in the surveillance video.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Trinity Shockley The following day, a SWAT team surrounded Shockley’s home and took the student in for questioning before police executed a search warrant and found in Shockley’s bedroom further evidence of a fascination with mass shooters, according to the affidavit.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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