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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An American man has been arrested in Greece under suspicion of killing a woman and an infant who were found dead in a park in central Rome, according to Italian authorities.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Yet the bill places these successful families under suspicion, threatening legal action for missing a filing deadline or misunderstanding bureaucratic regulations.
—Aziza Butler, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
There, agents informed him that he was being placed in custody under suspicion of being associated with the Tren de Aragua gang, according to his family.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Like more than 100,000 other Japanese Americans, George’s father had been forcibly relocated by the U.S. government under suspicion of divided loyalty following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 26 May 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Yet the bill places these successful families under suspicion, threatening legal action for missing a filing deadline or misunderstanding bureaucratic regulations.
—Aziza Butler, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
There, agents informed him that he was being placed in custody under suspicion of being associated with the Tren de Aragua gang, according to his family.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Like more than 100,000 other Japanese Americans, George’s father had been forcibly relocated by the U.S. government under suspicion of divided loyalty following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 26 May 2025
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“Under suspicion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20suspicion. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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