warrantless
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warrantless (not comparable)
- (of a search, arrest, or the like) Performed without a warrant.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2010, page 255:
- Now, at the time, I was also a named plaintiff in a major lawsuit against the National Security Agency and the Department of Justice, petitioning the courts to put a halt to the warrantless wiretapping of American residents and citizens.
- (rare) Synonym of unwarranted.