under suspicion

idiom

: thought possibly guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong : suspected

He is under suspicion of selling illegal drugs.

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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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