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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In Weapons, Garner plays a small-town elementary school teacher who is under suspicion when 17 of her students go missing one night.
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Signs point to shady dealings in the Priestly household that could place her former mentor under suspicion.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
Exit bans are a common practice employed by the Chinese authorities to prevent individuals under suspicion from leaving the country – sometimes on legitimate grounds, but other times for political reasons, experts said.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
For years, Ortiz was held in the Caracas headquarters of Venezuela’s Military Counterintelligence Directorate, initially under suspicion of espionage.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Signs point to shady dealings in the Priestly household that could place her former mentor under suspicion.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
Exit bans are a common practice employed by the Chinese authorities to prevent individuals under suspicion from leaving the country – sometimes on legitimate grounds, but other times for political reasons, experts said.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
For years, Ortiz was held in the Caracas headquarters of Venezuela’s Military Counterintelligence Directorate, initially under suspicion of espionage.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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