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search warrant

a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search

Synonyms:

• bench warrant,
• capias,
• caveat,
• death warrant,
• domiciliary visit,
• dragnet,
• exploration,
• fieri facias,
• forage,
• frisk,
• habere facias possessionem,
• house-search,
• hunt,
• hunting,
• injunction,
• interdict,
• mandamus,
• mandate,
• mandatory injunction,
• mittimus,
• nisi prius,
• notice,
• notification,
• perquisition,
• posse,
• precept,
• probe,
• process,
• prohibitory injunction,
• quest,
• ransacking,
• rummage,
• search,
• search party,
• search-and-destroy operation,
• searching,
• stalk,
• stalking,
• still hunt,
• turning over,
• warrant,
• warrant of arrest,
• warrant of attorney,
• writ