robbery suspect
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- noun
- /ˈrɑːbəri ˈsʌspɛkt/
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sospechoso de robo
- At this point, one of the robbery suspects turned around and said, "I'm sick of all this bickering" and offered to give change.
- an armed robbery suspect
- a bank robbery suspect
- the description of a robbery suspect
Examples
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OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan admitted that robberies "have plagued our community the last several months," but he said his department has fought back by arresting 34 robbery suspects in the past month.
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Nick, I need a physical description - of the casino robbery suspects.
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Harderbach robbery suspects on the loose.
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The booking picture of bank robbery suspect Mathew was made on November 19.
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Robbery suspects in custody.
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Bank robbery suspects dumped their getaway car in a school parking lot Saturday after terrorizing tellers and customers in north Houston.
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The police arrested a robbery suspect after a brief chase through the streets.
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Witnesses identified the robbery suspect as a tall man wearing a dark hoodie.
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Authorities are searching for a robbery suspect involved in the theft at the local bank.
Synonyms
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A person thought to have committed a crime
How Suspected
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is believed to have committed a robbery' is directly and compositionally derived from 'robbery' (the crime) + 'suspect' (a person thought to be guilty). This simple noun + noun collocation follows common attributive patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Robbery suspect combines robbery (the act of stealing) and suspect (a person people watch because they may have done it). Imagine police watching someone after a place is robbed — that's why robbery suspect means 'a person believed to have committed or been involved in a robbery'.