under suspicion

idiom

: thought possibly guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong : suspected
He is under suspicion of selling illegal drugs.

Examples of under suspicion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This requires a collective effort where businesses are supported in and hailed for their voluntary sustainability initiatives rather than constantly placed under suspicion. Eyal Harel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 Harris, along with then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, later supported a policy that would require law enforcement to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if an undocumented juvenile immigrant was arrested under suspicion of committing a felony. Alexandra Chaidez, NBC News, 24 July 2024 Special prosecutors must be adversaries of the executive branch officials under suspicion, including the president. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024 Innovative murder-mystery comedy The Afterparty sees a group of ex-classmates under suspicion for the murder of an old friend. Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for under suspicion 

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“Under suspicion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20suspicion. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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