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In the Victorville, CA Daily Press this morning in a clip entitled "Suspected killer caught" we read that "...officials stopped two men...and found one of them to have a warrant"
Is that perfectly idiomatic? As I understand the usage, it's the good guys who usually have warrants; and so shouldn't it have read, "... to be under a warrant"
One might have written, "...an outstanding warrant," which however might be redundant since if you're under a warrant it's most likely outstanding
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It's twisted/short for "officials have a warrant out on him"... methinks. However, he is the "owner" of the warrant, not yet delivered, no? .... err... he'll have to *own up to it.
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My understanding is that a Warrant is filed (or logged) against a person. So, you (or I) could "have a warrant" filed in our name.
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Thanks guys, very pertinent and enlightening followups
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