I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a suspected terrorist
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Coalition forces killed at least 20 suspected terrorists.
prime suspect
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He was named as the prime suspect in the murder investigation.
question/suspect sb’s motive (= think that someone might have selfish or dishonest reasons for doing something )
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They began to question the motives of the people who held positions of power.
suspect foul play
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The police said they had no reason to suspect foul play .
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■ ADVERB
long
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It confirmed, and I had long suspected as much, that bream do in fact have a leader.
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Democrats have long suspected that, way down deep, they are Volvo Republicans.
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Cytogeneticists have long suspected that these chromosomal anomalies are linked with cancer, but only now has their message been deciphered.
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This came as no surprise to Dee Dee, our all-purpose advice columnist, who has long suspected the link.
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Scientists have long suspected that the meteorites they have collected on Earth include chunks of asteroids.
strongly
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But Cassie strongly suspected that Johnny would have got there in the end, without any help from Bella.
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He could not explain the bloodstains on his trousers, but he strongly suspected them to be rabbit's blood.
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Strongly suspecting that some one was hiding.
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Though Dawson may not have masterminded this sophisticated and influential forgery, his complicity in the affair was strongly suspected .
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I fear, I strongly suspect , that this is the route to blowing yourself away.
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I strongly suspect the limits are set by social empathy in interactions with animals.
■ NOUN
murder
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Oliver asked Cobalt whether Barbara Coleman had not told him she suspected Joseph of murder .
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Dickie would be suspected of murder .
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Both had originally been suspected of his murder .
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Sybil had never even set eyes on Rodney so they couldn't possibly suspect him of her murder , now could they?
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Of all Elinor's friends he was the least likely to be suspected of her murder .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
suspected burglar/terrorist/spy etc
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He was attacked in Sandbach after confronting a suspected burglar.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A man has been found dead in his home and the police suspect foul play.
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Act naturally and no one will suspect you.
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Although they were in the area on the day of the robbery, no one suspected them.
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As we suspected, there is a problem with the braking system, and it will be replaced.
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Both men had originally been suspected of Brown's murder.
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He had suspected her of lying for some time.
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I suspect that he never really loved her.
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No one suspected anything was wrong.
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We eventually began to suspect his loyalty.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He suspected Hubert had erred in some way, but did not care to ask.
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He was twice imprisoned when his loyalties were suspected.
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Her hair was so smoothly sculpted, I suspected a wig.
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Make sure you go to see your doctor as soon as you suspect you are pregnant.
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Many suspect that retroactive tax cuts could be ditched.
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What we suspect is the Bullets are better than their record indicates and will reveal that as the season wears on.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
chief
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Most agronomists consider take-all to be the chief suspect , but on this site it wasn't a major feature.
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He was the chief suspect in the schoolyard stabbing death of a 7-year-old at an elementary school.
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The chief suspects have been identified, but because of insufficient evidence no one has been charged.
likely
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Did I say running out of likely suspects ?
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Among the likely suspects: Fewer immigrants seeking licenses.
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Continue this for a week or two, and compare the two records to see if there are any likely suspects .
main
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The other victim was the main suspect in the ritualistic murders.
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But there was one witness the potential murderer could not avoid, and that was the main suspect .
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The major was aware that the main suspect had been freed on the orders of the opposition leader.
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They are thought to be associates of the five main suspects .
possible
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How easy it had been almost immediately to uncover three possible suspects for the murder of Theodore Kemp!
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It gets worse: Spoon and Stretch suddenly find themselves wanted as possible suspects in a gruesome murder case.
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They believe the tests could eliminate a large group of possible suspects .
prime
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It was only later that smoking was seen to be the prime suspect .
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He's looking more and more like the prime suspect in a lengthening string of murders.
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The prime suspect was Vic, though how would he know Mungo was in here?
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Dripping wet, he made his first call to his prime suspect: Marro.
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Having met him, Dexter was convinced Lancaster was their prime suspect .
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The prime suspect is a man in his 20s, who wears blue overalls and a red baseball cap.
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Mr Pacey's new team has 500 prime suspects in its sights.
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Only interviews with the prime suspects could enlighten us now but, instead, they served to confuse still further.
usual
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Then come the usual suspects , categories that we can rattle through quickly before announcing the big ones.
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I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon: the other usual suspects were missing.
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In other words, the usual suspects .
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But there is a lot in it for the usual suspects .
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The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
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Not even the Seattle earthquake could deflect these usual suspects from their mission to keep the Clinton era alive for our delectation.
■ NOUN
murder
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Read in studio A murder suspect has told a court that he accidentally stabbed a teenager to death during a street fight.
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By the end of the book, Britt herself is a murder suspect .
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The murder suspect is described as of black or mixed race in his early 20s.
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A promising young lawyer assigned to defend a murder suspect finds her client so appealing, she helps him escape.
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And the murder suspect himself, whom Lucy seduced to secure a confession, only to have the case dismissed for entrapment.
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Most glaring was the bungled arrest attempt last month of a 21-year-\#murder suspect in Kyoto.
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Instead they feel a thrusting businessman would make a better murder suspect .
■ VERB
arrest
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This point is proved by the officer who arrests the suspect stating that the defendant in court is the person involved.
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It took nearly 18 years, thousands of hours and great expense for authorities to arrest a suspect in the Unabomber case.
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No group claimed responsibility but the police were reported to have arrested three suspects .
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Police recognized Moll and arrested him as a suspect in two grocery store robberies, also involving getaway cabs.
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Detectives arrested the suspect at his home in Toxteth after a lengthy cat-and-mouse game involving surveillance experts.
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Nor do they have the power to arrest or detain suspects .
charge
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This includes obtaining access through a judge, prior to charging a suspect , to bank accounts and other documentary evidence.
detain
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Garde à vue detention allows the police to detain suspects for interrogation for a period of up to 10 days.
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Racial profiling is the practice by police of considering a person's race or ethnicity in detaining suspects or making traffic stops.
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If they witness a law being broken, they can detain a suspect until police arrive.
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Nor do they have the power to arrest or detain suspects .
question
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Two policemen called to the scene began questioning the suspects .
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The magistrate may question the suspect and other witnesses and conduct his own enquiries.
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For the Code does not limit their freedom to question suspects provided they do not propose to use their statements in evidence.
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The greater his success, the greater the chance that some one would begin to question and suspect .
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This opportunity to question suspects in custody was clearly of crucial importance to the police.
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This had the effect of giving the police a further 24 hours to question the suspect , charge him or release him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A 32-year-old man from London is the prime suspect in the murder investigation.
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The murder suspect is in custody and will be charged soon.
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The police now have another name to add to their list of suspects.
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He would be the obvious suspect .
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I keep eliminating people from my list and will soon have no suspects left.
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If witnesses and suspects are interviewed by state workers and evidence is handled, a criminal investigation would be hampered.
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Not only did they have no suspects, they could not even identify the boy.
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Two suspects have been held. -Reuter.
III. adjective
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■ ADVERB
highly
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Scudamore admitted that there were at least three more highly suspect cases.
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All sauces, mayonnaise and salad dressings, creamed soups and cheese-containing concoctions should be considered highly suspect sources of excess calories.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Democrats have returned $1.5 million in suspect contributions.
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Police found the suspect package next to a trash can.
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Six people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a hotel.
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The health benefits of the treatment are suspect .
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The police or social services will investigate any suspected case of child abuse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He knew his wife: for her, any form of desperation was suspect .
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Possibly it was thought that for this reason, amongst others, she would not be suspect by our controls.
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Psychologically, it must have been extremely difficult for these students to equate suspect institutions with personable people.
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Racial classifications are suspect , and that means that simple legislative assurances of good intention can not suffice.
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The suspect meat, more than eight tonnes of it, ended up in three national supermarket chains.
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This is because the relatively few studies that have found such a risk are methodologically suspect .