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miranda warning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
mi-ran-da warn-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warning given by a law enforcement officer to criminal suspects in his custody advising them of certain constitutional rights, called their Miranda rights.

American usage

Etymology

From Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the usual name for a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of certain rights, after Ernesto Miranda.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Miranda warnings (plural)

Phrases

Miranda card Miranda right Miranda rule

Frequently Paired Words

Miranda card Miranda right Miranda rule Mirandize

Questions

What does miranda warning mean?
A warning given by a law enforcement officer to criminal suspects in his custody advising them of certain constitutional rights, called their Miranda rights.
Where does miranda warning come from?
From Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the usual name for a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of certain rights, after Ernesto Miranda.

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