house-search

house-search
A thorough search of a home or other privately owned real estate as part of an official (notably judicial) investigation

An illegal house-search is both a grave violation of privacy and a potential ground to dismiss all evidence it yielded


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  • house-to-house — adjective, adverb involving visits to every house in an area: Police are conducting a house to house search …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • search — search1 W2S3 [sə:tʃ US sə:rtʃ] n 1.) [C usually singular] an attempt to find someone or something search for ▪ Bad weather is hampering the search for survivors. search of ▪ a search of the area ▪ The police have already carried out a search . ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • search — 1 noun 1 (countable usually singular) an attempt to find someone or something (+ for): Bad weather is hampering the search for survivors | in search of (=looking for): Mario went off in search of some matches. | call off a search (=stop looking… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • house-to-house — adjective omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next a door to door campaign house to house coverage • Syn: ↑door to door • Similar to: ↑comprehensive * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective …   Useful english dictionary

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  • house-to-house — adjective house to house inquiries/survey/search etc inquiries etc that are made by visiting each house in a particular area: The abduction sparked a house to house search in the Willenhall area …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • search — Synonyms and related words: analysis, angle for, ask for, beat, beat about for, beat the bushes, burrow, cast about, chase, check, chivy, comb, delve, delve for, delve into, dig, dig for, dig into, dog, domiciliary visit, dragnet, enquiry,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • search warrant — Synonyms and related words: bench warrant, capias, caveat, death warrant, domiciliary visit, dragnet, exploration, fieri facias, forage, frisk, habere facias possessionem, house search, hunt, hunting, injunction, interdict, mandamus, mandate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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