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no-knock

no-knock adjective: allowing police to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, as by knocking or ringing a doorbell.

Adjective

no-knock (not comparable)

  1. (US) Allowing police to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, as by knocking or ringing a doorbell.
    • a no-knock warrant
    • a no-knock raid

Questions about no-knock

What does no-knock mean?
No-knock means allowing police to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, as by knocking or ringing a doorbell.
What part of speech is no-knock?
No-knock is an adjective.

Words near no-knock in the dictionary

  1. no-issue
  2. no-jump
  3. no-jumps
  4. no-kill shelter
  5. no-kill shelters
  6. no-knock
  7. no-legged
  8. no-leggeds
  9. no-life
  10. no-lifed
  11. no-lifer

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