Usage Note
Verdacht is the reasonable suspicion that someone has committed a crime. It is mostly singular. Common collocations are Verdacht schoepfen (to grow suspicious), unter Verdacht stehen (to be under suspicion), and dringender Verdacht (strong suspicion), the threshold for an arrest.
Examples
"Gegen ihn besteht der Verdacht des Betrugs."
Natural Translation
He is suspected of fraud.
Literal Translation
Against him exists the suspicion of-the fraud.
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