suspected poisoner

/səˈspɛktɪd ˈpɔɪzənər/

noun

  1. A person believed or thought to have poisoned someone or something, but whose guilt has not been proved.

    B2

    countable; compound noun (adjective + noun)often used in news reports about criminal cases

    • "The suspected poisoner was questioned by police."B1
    • "Police are still searching for the suspected poisoner who contaminated the town's water supply."B2

Collocations

suspected murderersuspected arsonistsuspected spysuspected terroristalleged poisonerconvicted poisonernotorious poisoner

Word family

suspectsuspicionpoisonpoisonerpoisoningpoisonouspoisoned