Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. Slang To inform (a suspect) of his or her legal rights: "[The police] Mirandized the . . . kid again, and pinned the Miranda card to his sheet” ( Carsten Stroud).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. inform an arrested person of his or her constitutional rights
Etymologies
Examples
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They know they're supposed to stop the interview, "Mirandize" the person, say that they have a right to remain silent, the right to an attorney.
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But must investigators "Mirandize" a suspect before asking about his financing sources, his experience at overseas training camps, his methods of communication?
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From confusion about where to put Guantanamo Bay detainees, to the odd, bizarrely rash, decision to "Mirandize" the Christmas Day "underpants" bombing suspect after just 50 minutes of "interrogation."
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The attempts to "Mirandize" Islamist terrorists -- to turn them into esoteric versions of American street criminals, protected by the same legal constraints -- will cease.
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"'Mirandize' is a U.S. term about notification of a person's rights under law upon arrest by a U.S. law enforcement officer.
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Do we Mirandize the surviving rapscallions when the shooting finally stops?
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O'DONNELL: Oh, there are several when it comes to pornography, when it comes to court decisions -- not to Supreme Court, but federal court decisions to give terrorists Mirandize rights.
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Glenn Beck is completely correct: we have to Mirandize suspected traitors.
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Also, I can see a case for waiting longer to Mirandize him.
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Sure enough, Sen. Chris Bond (R-Mo.) and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the ranking Republicans on the congressional intelligence committees, insisted that Brennan never specifically told them the FBI would Mirandize Abdulmutallab.
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