Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
the usual suspects
the people you would expect to be present somewhere or doing a particular thing
"Who was at Adrian's party?" "Oh, Paula, Roz, Lucy and gang - the usual suspects."
(Definition of the usual suspects from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

