ARREST WARRANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)