I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , key , main , number-one , primary ( AmE ), prime
▪
She has been identified as the chief ~.
▪ likely , logical ( AmE ), obvious , possible , potential
▪ usual
▪ criminal , murder , terror , terrorism ( esp. AmE ), terrorist
VERB + SUSPECT
▪ have , identify (sb as) , name (sb as)
▪
The police have several ~s.
▪ apprehend , arrest , capture , catch , detain , hold , round up
▪
The army rounded up all the usual ~s.
▪ interrogate , interview , question
▪ charge
▪ release
▪ extradite , hand over
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
The letter makes him a possible ~ for her murder.
▪ ~ in
▪
Two men were arrested as ~s in the bombing.
II.
verb
1 believe that sth may happen/be true
ADVERB
▪ strongly
▪ rather ( esp. BrE )
▪
I rather ~ they were trying to get rid of me.
▪ rightly , wrongly
▪ all along , always
▪
These revelations only prove what I ~ed all along.
▪ immediately
▪
He immediately ~ed the worst.
VERB + SUSPECT
▪ begin to
▪ have reason to , have reasons to
▪
She had no reason to ~ that he had not been telling the truth.
PHRASES
▪ be widely ~ed
▪
It was widely ~ed that the cadets had been acting on orders.
2 believe sb is guilty of sth
ADVERB
▪ rightly , wrongly
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪
He was wrongly ~ed of the crime.
PHRASES
▪ have grounds for ~ing sb/sth ( esp. BrE ), have grounds to ~ sb/sth ( esp. BrE ), have reason to ~ sb/sth , have reasons for ~ing sb/sth , have reasons to ~ sb/sth
Suspect is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ conspiracy , ↑ foul play , ↑ motive , ↑ worst
III.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
▪ render sth
▪
The theory is rendered ~ by its reliance on now discredited sources.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ deeply , highly
▪
Some of the evidence was deeply ~.
▪ increasingly
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ inherently
▪ constitutionally ( esp. AmE ), morally , politically
▪
the forced adoption of children of politically ~ citizens
Suspect is used with these nouns: ↑ package