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warrantless

UK/ˈwɒɹəntləs/

warrantless adjective: of a search, arrest, etc. executed without a warrant.

Adjective

warrantless (not comparable)

  1. Of a search, arrest, etc. executed without a warrant.
    • In 1993 the CIA instituted an unwritten policy of conducting warrantless searches of entire buildings if random gunfire occurred in the area.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order
    • Among the Democrats' examples of Gonzales' untruthfulness was his emphatic and repeated statement to the Judiciary Committee Tuesday that his dramatic nighttime visit to the bedside of Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2004 was not related to an internal administration dispute about the president's...2007 July 26, Brian Zick, “FBI Director Mueller Contradicts Gonzales”, in In These Times
  2. (rare) Synonym of unwarranted.
    Synonyms:
    unwarranted

Synonyms of warrantless

Origin of warrantless

From warrant + -less.

Words formed from warrantless

Phrases with warrantless

Questions about warrantless

What does warrantless mean?
Warrantless means of a search, arrest, etc. executed without a warrant.
What part of speech is warrantless?
Warrantless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce warrantless?
Warrantless is pronounced /ˈwɒɹəntləs/ (UK).

Words near warrantless in the dictionary

  1. warrantising
  2. warrantize
  3. warrantized
  4. warrantizes
  5. warrantizing
  6. warrantless
  7. warrantless search
  8. warrantless searches
  9. warrantlessly
  10. warrantlessness
  11. warrantor

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