单词 | no-knock |
释义 | no-knockadj.n. U.S. A. adj. Designating or relating to a search or raid made by the police without permission or warning. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [adjective] > types of search no-knock1964 black bag1966 stop and frisk1967 stop-and-search1974 1964 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. 41/3 The measures, submitted by Governor Rockefeller, are commonly called the ‘No-Knock’ and ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ bills. 1975 High Times Dec. 78/2 He also issued a strict set of search and arrest guidelines restricting ‘no-knock’ entry and use of weapons. 1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 15 Jan. c1/3 Using a no-knock warrant, a six-man SWAT team led by Hubbard first used two ‘shot-locks’ to blow open the locks on the door. B. n. Legislation relating to no-knock searches, or the system permitted under this; (also) a no-knock raid. ΚΠ 1970 N.Y. Times 24 May 66/1 Mayor Walter E. Washington spoke out against preventive detention and ‘no-knock’, as well as a provision that would take away the city's prison system and put it under the Justice Department. 1973 Houston Chron. Mag. People, Places, Pleasures 14 Oct. 4/6 Can't the people see the implications of a thing like ‘no knock’? It's a Gestapo tactic. 1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 5 Dec. b4/2 Hartley also accused police of going on ‘fishing expeditions’ in a third of the no-knocks, lacking adequate information about the cases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1964 |
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