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warrantlessly

warrantlessly adverb: without a warrant, especially a search warrant.

Adverb

warrantlessly (not comparable)

  1. Without a warrant, especially a search warrant
    • The prisoner complains that one private detective named Holmes, working with Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard, warrantlessly searched a hut and enclosed tunnel on property belonging to the late Henry Stapleton, et ux.1976, Charles E. Moylan, The Right of the People to be Secure: An Examination of ..., page 279
    • The car was driven to the station, where it was warrantlessly searched, and incriminating evidence found.2009, Steven Emanuel, Criminal Procedure, →ISBN, page 100

Origin of warrantlessly

From warrantless + -ly.

Questions about warrantlessly

What does warrantlessly mean?
Warrantlessly means without a warrant, especially a search warrant.
What part of speech is warrantlessly?
Warrantlessly is an adverb.

Words near warrantlessly in the dictionary

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

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