on suspicion of

phrase

: due to being suspected of (a crime)
He was arrested on suspicion of robbery.

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Advertisement Mangione, 28, was arrested in December 2024 on suspicion of fatally shooting Thompson in New York City five days earlier while the health executive was walking to a conference. Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 Officers tracked down the other person and arrested them on suspicion of crimes including assault with a deadly weapon, police said. Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 Case led to indictment, fraternity chapter shutdown Eslick and two other 20-year-old executive board members of the Northern Arizona University's Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter were initially arrested on suspicion of hazing. Perry Vandell, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Amador County deputies arrested the man on suspicion of burglary, grand theft, vehicle theft and switching vehicle identification numbers and booked him into the Amador County Jail. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on suspicion of

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“On suspicion of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20suspicion%20of. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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