on suspicion of
idiom
: due to being suspected of (a crime)
He was arrested on suspicion of robbery.
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Steve Lee Hayes, 65, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of property damage, a spokesman from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department confirmed.
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Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
He was transported to the hospital for medical evaluation and later booked into Contra Costa County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, felony domestic violence, kidnapping, violation of a court order and resisting arrest.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
In 2015, a Toyota Motor executive from America resigned after she was arrested and then released in Japan on suspicion of illegally importing the painkiller oxycodone.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine and a silencer, among other charges.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
He was transported to the hospital for medical evaluation and later booked into Contra Costa County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, felony domestic violence, kidnapping, violation of a court order and resisting arrest.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
In 2015, a Toyota Motor executive from America resigned after she was arrested and then released in Japan on suspicion of illegally importing the painkiller oxycodone.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine and a silencer, among other charges.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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“On suspicion of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20suspicion%20of. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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