search warrant
noun
: a warrant authorizing a search (as of a house) for stolen goods or unlawful possessions
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The Justice Department started investigating the Florida congressman in the summer of 2020, and the FBI executed a search warrant on Gaetz later that year, seizing his cellphone and a cellphone belonging to his ex-girlfriend.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Officers quickly obtained a search warrant for the apartment.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
The complaint states investigators executed a search warrant on a Gmail account associated with the fraudulent transactions and found that Sharp had backed up his data to the cloud linked to the email address.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024
Detectives, aided by the Glendale Police Department and the California Highway Patrol, then executed a search warrant on the suspects’ home.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Officers quickly obtained a search warrant for the apartment.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
The complaint states investigators executed a search warrant on a Gmail account associated with the fraudulent transactions and found that Sharp had backed up his data to the cloud linked to the email address.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024
Detectives, aided by the Glendale Police Department and the California Highway Patrol, then executed a search warrant on the suspects’ home.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Search warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20warrant. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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