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prime suspect

prime suspect noun: a person who is considered by the law enforcement agency investigating a crime to be the most likely suspect.

Noun

prime suspect (plural prime suspects)

  1. 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 of prime suspect

pluralprime suspects

Questions about prime suspect

What does prime suspect mean?
Prime suspect means a person who is considered by the law enforcement agency investigating a crime to be the most likely suspect.
What part of speech is prime suspect?
Prime suspect is a noun.
What is the plural of prime suspect?
The plural of prime suspect is prime suspects.

Words near prime suspect in the dictionary

  1. prime rib
  2. prime ribs
  3. prime ring
  4. prime rings
  5. prime subring
  6. prime suspect
  7. prime suspects
  8. prime the pump
  9. prime time
  10. prime triplet
  11. prime triplets

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