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warrantless search

warrantless search noun: a search of someone's body or property conducted by law enforcement personnel without the issuance of a search warrant.

Noun

warrantless search (plural warrantless searches)

  1. (US) A search of someone's body or property conducted by law enforcement personnel without the issuance of a search warrant.
    • "The breadth of this LPR system is spectacular and amounts to a warrantless search."2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2023

Forms of warrantless search

pluralwarrantless searches

Questions about warrantless search

What does warrantless search mean?
Warrantless search means a search of someone's body or property conducted by law enforcement personnel without the issuance of a search warrant.
What part of speech is warrantless search?
Warrantless search is a noun.
What is the plural of warrantless search?
The plural of warrantless search is warrantless searches.

Words near warrantless search in the dictionary

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

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