| 单词 | on sus |
| 释义 | > as lemmason sus 1. [Abbreviation of suspicion n. or suspicious adj.] Suspicion of having committed a crime; suspicious behaviour, esp. loitering; the sus law. Frequently in on sus. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > suspect > suspicion of having committed crime reasonable suspicion1739 sus1936 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxv. 248 What you nick me for? Sus? 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville xv. 312 Men who are, in the prison idiom, ‘done for sus’, that is to say, prosecuted as ‘suspected persons or reputed thieves loitering with intent to commit a felony’. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 74 Chance nickings in the street, from anything on sus, to indecent exposure. 1978 G. Williams Textbk. Criminal Law xxxvii. 817 Another provision of the Vagrancy Act s.4 (as amended) allows the punishment on summary conviction of ‘suspected persons’ and ‘reputed thieves’ who ‘frequent and loiter’ in certain public places with intent to commit an arrestable offence. Persons ‘found’ committing the offence can be arrested. In police jargon, the man is ‘picked up on sus’. 1981 Times 24 Aug. 3/8 The delight at the passing of ‘sus’ is, however, mitigated by a degree of apprehension about its replacement, the newly created offence of ‘interference with vehicles’. < as lemmas |
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