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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)

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