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No. 11,217 in Swedish

misstänkts

"Misstänkts" means "suspected" in English.

In a sentence

  • Polisen misstänkts ofta för att använda övervåld.

    The police are often suspected of using excessive force.

    Here, 'misstänkts' is used as a passive verb, indicating that the police are the ones suspected ('misstänkts').

  • Han misstänkts för att ha varit delaktig i brottet.

    He is suspected of being involved in the crime.

    In this sentence, 'misstänkts' is again a passive verb, used to describe that the subject (he) is suspected of a specific action.

  • Detta misstänkts vara orsaken till problemen.

    This is suspected to be the cause of the problems.

    Here, 'misstänkts' functions as a passive verb to express that the cause is suspected by others.

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