Word: Definition: is a Fourth Amendment

requirement which allows a police officer

Probable cause to conduct a search; make an arrest or
obtain a warrant after acquiring
knowledge of specific facts and
circumstances that would lead him to
believe a suspect has committed, is
3 Synonyms:
Sentence in Context
1.Reasonable ground
Evidence discovered on the suspect and the
vehicle provided probable cause to place
2.Sufficient reason
him under arrest.

3.A reasonable amount of

suspicion

Clarifying illustration
Antonym:
Annie owns a grocery store which has been
Not enough evidence burglarized. Annie contacts the police who
are dispatched to the grocery store. The
police find broken windows and items strewn
about the floor. Annie tells the police that the
burglar had a red car and a blue bag that he
put ten purple cell phones into. The officers
walk around the block where they see a red
car speeding. The officers pull the car over
based on its speeding and see on the seat
that there is an opened blue bag with ten
purple cell phones inside. The officers have
probable cause to arrest the driver because
even though they did not witness the actual
burglary, the description of the car and the
missing property corresponds to Annie's
details. Consequently, the driver is arrested.
 Definition:
Word It is regarded as being more than
thinking a crime has been committed
Reasonable Suspicion
but less than probable cause. It refers
to as what a reasonable person, or a
normal, average person, would
consider suspicious.

3 Synonyms: The demand should be made

by the same officer who formed
Reasonable doubt the reasonable suspicion.

Antonym:
Clarifying illustration
Unsuspicious
A law enforcement officer is
patrolling a neighborhood that
has seen several in-home
invasions recently. At around
12:30 am, he spots two
individuals in dark clothing
walking down the street. One of
them is carrying a crowbar and
the other a bolt cutter. The
officer knows these are tools
commonly used to illegally
enter homes, and he stops the
two men based upon
reasonable suspicion that they
may be the home invaders
police are looking for.
 Definition:
Word Exigent circumstances that are of
such urgency as to justify a
Exigent circumstances
warrantless entry, search, or seizure
by police when a warrant would
ordinarily be required.

3 Synonyms: The department-owned rescue

ambulances are used solely as
Urgent paramedic response vehicles
and transport patients only
Emergent 
in exigent circumstances.
Necessitous, 

Antonym:
knock and announce rule
Clarifying illustration
A burning building clearly
presents an exigency of
sufficient proportions to render
a warrantless entry
"reasonable," and, once in the
building to extinguish a blaze,
and for a reasonable time
thereafter, firefighters may
seize evidence of arson that is
in plain view and investigate
the causes of the fire.
 Definition:
Word
Contraband refer to property that is
Contraband illegal to possess or transport..

4 Synonyms: Contraband goods are

usually subject to seizure by
Illegal goods
government officials.
Prohibited goods

Secretly imported/exported

Antonym:

Legally imported/exported