warrant
war|rant /w'ɒrənt, AM w'ɔːr-/ (warrants warranting warranted)
1 [VERB] V n
If something warrants a particular action, it makes the action seem necessary or appropriate for the circumstances.
The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation...
= merit
● warranted [ADJ]
Do you think this fear is warranted?
2 [N-COUNT] oft N for n, also by N
A warrant is a legal document that allows someone to do something, especially one that is signed by a judge or magistrate and gives the police permission to arrest someone or search their house.
Police confirmed that they had issued a warrant for his arrest.
...a search warrant...
3
see also death warrantdeath war|rant (death warrants)
also death-warrant
1 [N-COUNT]
A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone is signing their own death warrant, you mean that they are behaving in a way which will cause their ruin or death.
By accusing the King of murder, he signed his own death warrant.search war|rant (search warrants)
[N-COUNT]
A search warrant is a special document that gives the police permission to search a house or other building.
Officers armed with a search warrant entered the flat.war|rant of|fic|er (warrant officers)
[N-COUNT]
A warrant officer is a person in the army, the air force, or the marines who is above the rank of sergeant and below the rank of lieutenant. In the United States Navy, a warrant officer is above the rank of petty officer and below the rank of ensign.
1 [VERB] V n
If something warrants a particular action, it makes the action seem necessary or appropriate for the circumstances.
The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation...
= merit
● warranted [ADJ]
Do you think this fear is warranted?
2 [N-COUNT] oft N for n, also by N
A warrant is a legal document that allows someone to do something, especially one that is signed by a judge or magistrate and gives the police permission to arrest someone or search their house.
Police confirmed that they had issued a warrant for his arrest.
...a search warrant...
3
see also death warrantdeath war|rant (death warrants)
also death-warrant
1 [N-COUNT]
A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone is signing their own death warrant, you mean that they are behaving in a way which will cause their ruin or death.
By accusing the King of murder, he signed his own death warrant.search war|rant (search warrants)
[N-COUNT]
A search warrant is a special document that gives the police permission to search a house or other building.
Officers armed with a search warrant entered the flat.war|rant of|fic|er (warrant officers)
[N-COUNT]
A warrant officer is a person in the army, the air force, or the marines who is above the rank of sergeant and below the rank of lieutenant. In the United States Navy, a warrant officer is above the rank of petty officer and below the rank of ensign.