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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Also under suspicion is Wicks’s boys club of followers: Dr. Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), who turned into a misogynist after his divorce; author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), turned misogynist by the manosphere; and aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), a misogynist by ambition.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The ambient terror emerges instead in the careful behavior of characters in the crosshairs, as in two lengthy and finely wrought scenes—the movie’s mightiest emotional pillars—that show Marcelo talking with others under suspicion.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
Five people were detained, and another seven were placed under suspicion, including a former advisor to the Minister of Energy.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Seven current top-tier referees and 15 assistants are under suspicion.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The ambient terror emerges instead in the careful behavior of characters in the crosshairs, as in two lengthy and finely wrought scenes—the movie’s mightiest emotional pillars—that show Marcelo talking with others under suspicion.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
Five people were detained, and another seven were placed under suspicion, including a former advisor to the Minister of Energy.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Seven current top-tier referees and 15 assistants are under suspicion.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Under suspicion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20suspicion. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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