on suspicion of
idiom
: due to being suspected of (a crime)
He was arrested on suspicion of robbery.
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The warning by the Higher Defense Council, Lebanon’s top military body, came weeks after several Lebanese and Palestinians were detained on suspicion of firing rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel.
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Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Smollett was arrested in February 2019, and the following month a grand jury indicted him on suspicion of filing a false police report.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 1 May 2025
On March 24, Khalili was booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of rape and forcible oral copulation, records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Initially detained on suspicion of spying for the Ukrainian government, those charges were dropped and replaced eight days later with charges relating to possession and transport of explosives.
—One Free Press Coalition, Time, 1 May 2025
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Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Smollett was arrested in February 2019, and the following month a grand jury indicted him on suspicion of filing a false police report.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 1 May 2025
On March 24, Khalili was booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of rape and forcible oral copulation, records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Initially detained on suspicion of spying for the Ukrainian government, those charges were dropped and replaced eight days later with charges relating to possession and transport of explosives.
—One Free Press Coalition, Time, 1 May 2025
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“On suspicion of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20suspicion%20of. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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