on suspicion of
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: due to being suspected of (a crime)
He was arrested on suspicion of robbery.
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The sentencing of Earl and Reeves came after British police on Thursday arrested three men in their forties on suspicion of spying for Russia.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Singh has now been arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after plowing his big rig into slow-moving traffic on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County.
—Jasmine Baehr , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The 16-year-old was booked into Placer County juvenile custody on suspicion of arson.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Garcia, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, shot his girlfriend in the head in the 3700 block of Vaucluse Drive, Fort Worth police said.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Singh has now been arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after plowing his big rig into slow-moving traffic on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County.
—Jasmine Baehr , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The 16-year-old was booked into Placer County juvenile custody on suspicion of arson.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Garcia, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, shot his girlfriend in the head in the 3700 block of Vaucluse Drive, Fort Worth police said.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
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