warrant

Definition

  • noun: a document issued by a court that gives the police the power to do something
  • noun: evidence for or token of authorization
  • verb: to require or deserve (something)
  • verb: to declare or maintain with certainty
  • usually used as '(be) warranted'
  • synonyms: sanction

Examples

  • If you share needles with other drug users, you're 'signing your own death warrant'. [=you are doing something that will cause your own death]

  • The seller 'warrants' [=(more commonly) 'guarantees'] that the car has no defects.

  • This report 'warrants' careful study. [=this report should be given careful study]

Movie quotes

  • (..) - What do you got for me? - Uniform clipped him for suspended license. However, he's a subject of an open investigation... More than one. He's one of Costello's. We're getting a warrant. Can't get an address off him. He paged his lawyer but the lawyer hasn't called back yet. - Who's the lawyer? (..)
    2006 The Departed
  • (..) You earned it. No more pencils, no more books. All right. - ... this is the state police. - And fire! State police, search warrant! State police, open the door! - Go, go, go! - Sir, yes, sir! - Is that understood? - Sir, yes, sir! (..)
    2006 The Departed