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indiziare

to suspect

verb een-dee-TSYAH-reh Rare
People & Society Law

Origin: From indizio (clue, evidence), from Latin indicium.

Also means

to incriminate

Usage Note

Indiziare is a legal term meaning to place someone under suspicion on the basis of evidence (indizi): essere indiziato di omicidio (to be suspected of murder). The noun indiziato (suspect) is far more common in everyday speech than the verb itself. It takes avere as auxiliary.

Examples

"La polizia ha indiziato tre persone per il furto."

Natural Translation

The police suspected three people of the theft.

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