warrantlessly

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adverb

Without a warrant, especially a search warrant

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Meanings

adverbwarrantlessly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a warrant, especially a search warrant

    The car was driven to the station, where it was warrantlessly searched, and incriminating evidence found.

    2009, Steven Emanuel, Criminal Procedure, →ISBN, page 100
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    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

    Moreover, to the extent that the SCA purports to permit the government to obtain such emails warrantlessly, the SCA is unconstitutional.

    2011, Thomas K. Clancy, Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence: Materials and Cases, →ISBN

Origin

From warrantless + -ly.

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APA

warrantlessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warrantlessly

MLA

“warrantlessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warrantlessly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warrantlessly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warrantlessly.

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