Mirandize
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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Jimmy-Saul would surely have noticed that the cops failed to Mirandize the perp.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2017
No. 1, the court, the one court that has ruled, has allowed a lot of flexibility in the public safety exception before you Mirandize somebody,” Senator Schumer said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2013
"Brennan never told me any of plans to Mirandize the Christmas Day bomber -- if he had I would told him the Administration was making a mistake," Sen. Bond said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2010
They’re allowed to interrogate them if they’ve been Mirandized.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
“They Mirandized him on the plane,” she said.
From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017
Over the last three decades, nominees to the United States Supreme Court have been made keenly aware that the moment the president taps them on the shoulder they are effectively Mirandized.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2017
Prosecutors said the government had obtained a "recorded, Mirandized confession" from Balletto.
From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2013
Contrary to what he attempts to imply, he at no time informed Hoekstra that Abdulmutallab had been Mirandized nor did he seek Hoekstra's consultation or provide any sort of meaningful briefing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2010
But even in 2009 after the arrest of the attempted Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the FBI questioned Abdulmutallab for only 50 minutes before Mirandizing him.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2013
"They knew that 'in FBI custody' means that there's a process then you follow as far as Mirandizing and presenting him in front of a magistrate."
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2010
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