above suspicion

Idioms  

1. So trustworthy as never to be suspected of wrongdoing, as in “The wife of Caesar must be above suspicion” (Charles Merivale, A History of the Romans under the Empire, 1850). The phrase was given further currency when it was used for the title of a very popular World War II spy film starring Joan Crawford (Above Suspicion, 1943). A similar idiom using above in the sense of “beyond” is above the law, usually describing an individual or business behaving as though exempt from rules or laws that apply to others.

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Example Sentences

But given his pedigree, the kid is hardly above suspicion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Further, it’s not as if the justices are above suspicion.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

Even Duchess the Cat, the one animal in Babe who doesn’t seem destined for the chopping block, is not above suspicion because of her ancient Egyptian heritage.

From Scientific American • Nov. 21, 2018

The woman’s purse had been resting on a bar stool when she had stepped away — a rookie mistake, sure, but the men on either side were friends of the bar, above suspicion.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2013

Mudd solved his problem by sending his cousin George, a loyal Unionist and therefore above suspicion by the federal authorities, to town to report Booth’s visit to Mudd’s farm.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson