[Ads-l] susPECT, n.

[Jim Parish]

Huh. That's the first example I've heard of where William Powell wasn't 
involved. (See "The Kennel Murder Case" and, I'm told, "The Thin Man".)

Jim Parish


On 4/30/2017 7:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> A police dispatcher in the 1948 movie _He Walked by Night_ says very
> clearly,
>
> "All units. On the broadcast of the susPECT arrested in the shooting of
> Patrolman Rawlins. Cancel the cancellation. susPECT released from custody."
>
> Cf. perMIT, n.
>
> JL
>

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