suspicion
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A Homeland Security spokesperson said another person taken into ICE custody, Alexander Pacheco Sabogal, of Columbia, was arrested on suspicion of battery.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
She said those four factors cover too many innocent people to justify reasonable suspicion and fall short of the “individualized inquiry” demanded by the Fourth Amendment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
That’s more than just innocence: A plaintiff must demonstrate that an arrest was inherently unreasonable and that police lacked even a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal title and remains under investigation having been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and has moved to Sandringham, Norfolk.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
The three looked at me, but not distrustfully; I felt there was no suspicion in their glances: there was more of curiosity.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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