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verb
- 1. have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof: "if you suspect a gas leak, do not turn on an electric light" Similar Opposite
- 2. doubt the genuineness or truth of: "a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect" Similar
noun
- 1. a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense: "the police have arrested a suspect"
adjective
- 1. not to be relied on or trusted; possibly dangerous or false: "a suspect package was found on the platform"
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a person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong, or something believed to have caused something bad: Police have issued a photograph of the suspect.
The meaning of SUSPECT is regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion : suspected. How to use suspect in a sentence.
Suspect definition: to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof. See examples of SUSPECT used in a sentence.
A suspect is a person who is believed to be guilty of a crime. If you leave the scene of a murder with blood on your hands and a weapon in your pocket, you’re likely to become a prime suspect. If others believe you have committed a crime, you are a suspect.
a person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong, or something believed to have caused something bad: Police have issued a photograph of the suspect.
If you suspect that something dishonest or unpleasant has been done, you believe that it has probably been done. If you suspect someone of doing an action of this kind, you believe that they probably did it.
• You suspect that something may or might be true: We suspect that he may know something about the robbery. The police suspect that he might be a terrorist. • You suspect that someone may or might have done something: Police suspect Foster may have been involved in a fraud. I suspect he might have exaggerated a lot of the things in the book.
[transitive] suspect something to feel that something is not completely right, legal or honest, without having any proof; to not trust something. I suspected her motives in offering to help. He dealt through a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect. Word Origin.
1. To consider (something) to be true or probable on little or no evidence: I suspect they are very disappointed. 2. To have doubts about (something); distrust: I suspect his motives. 3. To consider (a person) guilty without proof: The police suspect her of murder. v.intr. To have suspicion. n. (sŭs′pĕkt′)
suspect. [transitive, intransitive] to have an idea that something is probably true or likely to happen, especially something bad, but without having definite proof suspect (something) If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
