JLPT N1
被疑者
suspect (formal legal term)
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容疑者 (ようぎしゃ) (a very similar and more common term)
Noun
Suspect (Legal Term)
Designates an individual subject to criminal investigation who has not yet been indicted by public prosecutors.
Example
警察 は 被疑者 の 身柄 を 確保 した 。
The police have taken the suspect into custody.
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