[Grammar] a terrorist suspect

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Osya Bender

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The National Police counter-terrorism unit, Densus 88, raided a shop allegedly rented by a terrorist suspect at Cimahi, West Java, on Friday, as a follow-up investigation after an earlier raid in Bandung regency where three alleged terrorists were shot dead.
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terrorist is a noun acting as an adjective
suspect - is an adjective acting as a noun.
a refers to suspect.

Am I right?
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terrorist is a noun acting as an adjective
suspect - is an adjective acting as a noun.
a refers to suspect.

Am I right?
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I'd call it a compound noun.
 

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Hello.
(the beginning of an artcle)

terrorist is a noun acting as an adjective
suspect - is an adjective acting as a noun.
a refers to suspect.

Am I right?
Thank you.

Why do you think that "suspect" is an adjective acting as a noun? "Suspect" is a noun. It can be an adjective in the right context but here, it's a noun.
 
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