All 6 Uses

warrant
in
Fearless
(Edited)

Ran subject for wants/warrants.
p. 55.8

warrants = documents authorizing arrest or other legal actions
Subject had an active felony warrant for his arrest and was placed in custody after his wounds were taken care of by St. Joseph's ER staff.
p. 55.8

warrant = document giving the right to do the thing just mentioned
Immediately, Janice called the Garland County Sheriff's Department and advised a deputy of the active warrant for Adam's arrest, refusing to hang up until the officer agreed to send a car to his current location.
p. 65.1

warrant = document authorizing arrest
"Adam," said Larry, "there's a warrant for your arrest."
p. 65.5 *
This would warrant sending a squadron's strike force, the bulk of Adam's teammates based nearby, to go in and get him, but was the risk worth the reward?
p. 215.3 *

warrant = make reasonable
This was late, but not late enough to warrant aborting the mission.
p. 271.8

warrant = justify

Definitions:

(1) (warrant as in: has a warrant to...)
a document (granting the right to do something)
for example:
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to search a home
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to arrest someone
- a document giving someone the right to buy stock shares at a given price by a given date
- a voucher documenting the right to receive payment
(2) (warrant as in: serious enough to warrant surgery)
to justify (make an action reasonable or necessary)
(3) (warrant as in: I warrant it)
to promise, guarantee, or indicate certainty of something
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)