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- noun US law A
warning given by a law enforcement officer tocriminal suspects in his custody advising them of certainconstitutional rights , called theirMiranda rights .
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From Miranda v. Arizona, the usual name for a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of certain rights.
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