detention warrant
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
a court order authorising the detention of a person following his arrest or pending any procedural activity (interrogation, examination, trial, etc.).
Inflected Forms
detention warrants (plural)
warrant of detention (alternative)