arrest warrant
An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named…An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
» The judge signed the arrest warrant.
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1 sensesAn official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
Haftbefehl
о́рдер на аре́стórder na arést
a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
Examples
12 sentencesThe judge signed the arrest warrant.
Can a person be arrested without a warrant?
We're trying to obtain an arrest warrant for Tom Jackson.
The police officer had the arrest warrant.
An arrest warrant was issued for Tom.
deGegen Tom wurde Haftbefehl erlassen. — doemaar14
Translations
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Forms
plural: arrest warrantsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court:bench warrant
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.