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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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.
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 26 May 2025
With Rose under suspicion, new MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti commissioned an investigation led by John Dowd, a lawyer with the Department of Justice, in April 1989.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Last February, soldiers ransacked Eid’s home and, on finding his life savings in cash, turned him over to the police under suspicion of selling guns or drugs.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Several of Netanyahu’s cronies and aides remain under suspicion of involvement in such a scheme and are waiting for the prosecutors to decide on indictments.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2019
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 26 May 2025
With Rose under suspicion, new MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti commissioned an investigation led by John Dowd, a lawyer with the Department of Justice, in April 1989.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Last February, soldiers ransacked Eid’s home and, on finding his life savings in cash, turned him over to the police under suspicion of selling guns or drugs.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Several of Netanyahu’s cronies and aides remain under suspicion of involvement in such a scheme and are waiting for the prosecutors to decide on indictments.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2019
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 9 Jun. 2025.
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