prime suspect en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person who is considered by the law enforcement agency investigating a crime to be the most likely suspect.
The police had found the getaway car in the field. The rain had washed most of the yellow paint off the Mini to reveal the Union Jack underneath. There was no doubt that the car was Queenie. This led the police to their prime suspect, the car’s owner, Gilbert Goodie.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prime suspects | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
hu fő gyanúsított (most likely suspect) · fr suspect principal (most likely suspect) · sv huvudmisstänkt (most likely suspect) · fi pääepäilty (most likely suspect) · da hovedmistænkt (most likely suspect) · cmn 主要嫌疑犯 (most likely suspect) · it maggiore indiziato (most likely suspect) · sl glavni osumljenec (most likely suspect) · nl hoofdverdachte (most likely suspect) · ru гла́вный подозрева́емый (most likely suspect) · de Hauptverdächtiger (most likely suspect)