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ARREST WARRANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
Synonyms:
arrest warrant; bench warrant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("arrest warrant" is a kind of...):
warrant (a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrest warrant"):
pickup (a warrant to take someone into custody)
