"prime suspect" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prime suspects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prime suspect (plural prime suspects)
  1. (law) A person who is considered by the law enforcement agency investigating a crime to be the most likely suspect. Wikipedia link: prime suspect Categories (topical): Law, People Translations (most likely suspect): 主要嫌疑犯 (zhǔyào xiányífàn) (Chinese Mandarin), hovedmistænkt [common-gender] (Danish), hoofdverdachte [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), pääepäilty (Finnish), suspect principal [masculine] (French), Hauptverdächtiger [masculine] (German), fő gyanúsított (Hungarian), maggiore indiziato [masculine] (Italian), гла́вный подозрева́емый (glávnyj podozrevájemyj) [masculine] (Russian), glavni osumljenec [masculine] (Slovene), huvudmisstänkt [common-gender] (Swedish)

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