warrantlessly en · ADV
Etymology
From warrantless + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a warrant, especially a search warrant
The car was driven to the station, where it was warrantlessly searched, and incriminating evidence found.
2009, Steven Emanuel, Criminal Procedure, →ISBN, page 100:Moreover, to the extent that the SCA purports to permit the government to obtain such emails warrantlessly, the SCA is unconstitutional.
2011, Thomas K. Clancy, Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence: Materials and Cases, →ISBN:The prisoner complains that one private detective named Holmes, working with Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard, warrantlessly searched a hut and enclosed tunnel on property belonging to the late Henry Stapleton, et ux.
1976, Charles E. Moylan, The Right of the People to be Secure: An Examination of ..., page 279: