warrantless
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a word derived from
warrant.
warrantnounauthorization, sanction, or justification.
Example Sentences
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Last month, Daniel Mummolo, an attorney with the Department of Justice, pushed back during a hearing on the motion, telling Frimpong that a warrantless arrest policy “does not exist either in written or unwritten form.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
US courts have held previously -- though not unanimously -- that a warrantless search at the border is legal including a forensic search of electronic devices.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Carro said that evidence was recovered as part of an "improper and warrantless search" of the then-26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Historically, warrantless subpoenas under these laws were used as a narrow investigative tool for specific customs and regulatory violations, not as a weapon to tear away the privacy and protected speech of social media users.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026
The officer who has suffered from a warrantless disgrace—which he cannot disprove—is hardly the judge to condemn another similarly charged.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck