{
    "term": "warrant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something",
            "sensetop": "warrant for somethingwarrant to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an arrest warrant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **issued a warrant** for her arrest.",
                    "contextForm": "warrant for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had a warrant to search the house.",
                    "contextForm": "warrant to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In certain circumstances, police may enter premises without a warrant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police served a warrant on him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Federal agents tried to serve arrest warrants on him for firearms offences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police arrived with a warrant to search the house."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["arrest", "death", "search"],
                "verb + warrant": ["authorize", "grant", "issue"],
                "warrant + noun": ["card"],
                "phrases": ["without a warrant", "warrant for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a document that gives you the right to receive money, services, etc.",
            "sensetop": "warrant (for something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the issue of warrants for equity shares"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an acceptable reason for doing something",
            "sensetop": "warrant (for something/for doing something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is no warrant for such criticism."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɒrənt/",
                "audio": "wa/warrant/warrant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɔːrənt/",
                "audio": "wa/warrant/warrant__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘protector’ and ‘safeguard’, also, as a verb, ‘keep safe from danger’): from variants of Old French guarant (noun), guarantir (verb), of Germanic origin; compare with guarantee."
}