Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun probable_cause

1 sense of probable cause

Sense 1
probable cause -- ((law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure; "a magistrate determined that there was probable cause to search the house")
       => evidence, grounds -- (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling")