suspect
"the usual suspects,"
the people, animals, or things that are commonly associated with a particular activity, situation, etc. (often used facetiously):
We visited a family farm with sheep and bunnies and roosters and goats—the usual suspects!
Origin:
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (adjective) from Latin suspectus, past participle of suspicere “to look up, look and see, regard with mistrust,” equivalent to su- “under, below, beneath” + -spicere, combining form of specere “to see, observe, keep an eye on, take into consideration”; (verb) partly from the adjective, partly from Middle French suspecter “to hold suspect,” or directly from Latin suspectāre, frequentative of suspicere; see su-. Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin suspicere to mistrust, from sub- + specere to look. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of suspect: Adjective: 14th century. Noun: 1591. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology for suspect: Adjective: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere. Verb: Middle English, from Latin suspectare, frequentative of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub-, sus- up, secretly + specere to look at — more at sub-, spy. —Merriam-Webster.
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the people, animals, or things that are commonly associated with a particular activity, situation, etc. (often used facetiously):
We visited a family farm with sheep and bunnies and roosters and goats—the usual suspects!
Origin:
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (adjective) from Latin suspectus, past participle of suspicere “to look up, look and see, regard with mistrust,” equivalent to su- “under, below, beneath” + -spicere, combining form of specere “to see, observe, keep an eye on, take into consideration”; (verb) partly from the adjective, partly from Middle French suspecter “to hold suspect,” or directly from Latin suspectāre, frequentative of suspicere; see su-. Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin suspicere to mistrust, from sub- + specere to look. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of suspect: Adjective: 14th century. Noun: 1591. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology for suspect: Adjective: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere. Verb: Middle English, from Latin suspectare, frequentative of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub-, sus- up, secretly + specere to look at — more at sub-, spy. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.