Miranda

American  

[mi-ran-duh, mee-rahn-dah] / mɪˈræn də, miˈrɑn dɑ /

noun

1. Francisco de 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.

2. Astronomy. a moon of the planet Uranus.

3. the daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

4. a given name: from a Latin word meaning “to be admired.”

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adjective

1. Law. of, relating to, or being upheld by the Supreme Court ruling (Miranda v. Arizona, 1966) requiring law-enforcement officers to warn a person who has been taken into custody of their rights to remain silent and to have legal counsel.

   He was read his Miranda rights, placed under arrest, and transported to the jail.

   Service officers must read the Miranda warning to an arrested person before asking them any investigative questions.

Miranda ¹ British  

/ mɪˈrændə /

noun

1. one of the larger satellites of the planet Uranus

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Miranda ² British  

/ miˈranda /

noun

1. Francisco de (franˈsisko de). 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionary, who planned to liberate South and Central America from Spain. A leader (1811–12) of the Venezuelan uprising, he surrendered to Spain and died in prison

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Example Sentences

Claudio Miranda, the cinematographer behind Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and “F1,” agrees.

From Los Angeles Times

“Bring your grandma to skip the lines,” advised Raphael Miranda in a TikTok video.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mangione’s lawyers are seeking to exclude statements from the trial that he made before police read him his Miranda rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

When police confronted Mangione at McDonald’s, an officer asked if he had been to New York recently before reading him his Miranda rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former Times columnist Carolina A. Miranda contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times