Prime suspect

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A prime suspect or key suspect is a person who is considered by the law enforcement agency investigating a crime to be the most likely suspect. [1] [2] The idiom "prime suspect" believed to have originated in 1931. [1] "Key suspect" is seen as early as 1948. [3]

Reasons

There are various reasons a person may be considered a prime suspect.[ citation needed ] These include:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Prime suspect" Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine . Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon. Dictionary.com, LLC. 06 Aug. 2014.
  2. "prime suspect". USLegal.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  3. Congressional Record Volume 94, Part 9. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1948. p. A-695. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  4. "Racial Profiling". American Civil Liberties Union. Archived from the original on 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-01-31.