murder suspect

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   someone suspected of committing murder

   Broadersuspect

Questions about murder suspect

What does murder suspect mean?

murder suspect means "someone suspected of committing murder".

Is murder suspect a common word?

murder suspect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.