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    verb[səˈspek(t)]
    suspect (verb) · suspects (third person present) · suspected (past tense) · suspected (past participle) · suspecting (present participle)
    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" · "she suspected that he might be bluffing"
      • believe or feel that (someone) is guilty of an illegal, dishonest, or unpleasant act, without certain proof:
        "parents suspected of child abuse"
    2. doubt the genuineness or truth of:
      "a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect"
    noun[ˈsəsˌpek(t)]
    suspect (noun) · suspects (plural noun)
    1. a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense:
      "the police have arrested a suspect"
    adjective[ˈsəsˌpek(t)]
    suspect (adjective)
    1. not to be relied on or trusted; possibly dangerous or false:
      "a suspect package was found on the platform"
    Origin
    Middle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
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    verb
    1. have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof:
      feel
      fancy
      reckon
      guess
      surmise
      conjecture
      think
      suppose
      conclude
      expect
      presume
      consider
      deduce
      infer
      glean
      sense
      imagine
      fear
      opine
      have a suspicion
      have a feeling
      be inclined to think
      think it probable/likely
      have a sneaking feeling
      have a hunch
      be of the opinion
      be afraid
      have a foreboding
      Opposite:
      know
      • believe or feel that (someone) is guilty of an illegal, dishonest, or unpleasant act, without certain proof:
        regard as guilty
        think to be guilty
        regard as a wrongdoer
    2. doubt the genuineness or truth of:
      doubt
      distrust
      mistrust
      have doubts about
      harbor suspicions about
      have misgivings about
      be skeptical about
      have qualms about
      be suspicious of
      be wary of
      feel chary about
      feel uneasy about
      have/harbor reservations about
      have a funny feeling about
      smell a rat about
    noun
    1. a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense:
      accused
      defendant
      suspected person
    adjective
    1. not to be relied on or trusted; possibly dangerous or false:
      suspicious
      dubious
      untrustworthy
      questionable
      doubtful
      odd
      under suspicion
      fishy
      funny
      shady
      dodgy
      potentially dangerous
      potentially false
      not quite right
      not kosher
     
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    What does a suspect mean?
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    What is a suspected person?
    a person who is suspected, especially one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like. an animal or thing that is suspected to be the cause of something bad: The cause of the disease was not confirmed, but the suspect was an insect. Investigators focused on faulty wiring as a suspect in the house fire.

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    Who is a suspect in a criminal case?
    3. A suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime. [...] Fill in the blank with the correct answer. WhileI ______ for the bus Idroppedmy phone.

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    What does suspicion mean?
    To be suspicious; have suspicion. To consider (a person) guilty without proof. The police suspect her of murder. A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime. Round up the usual suspects. "” Casablanca. Open to or viewed with suspicion. A suspect policy; suspect motives.

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    What does it mean if someone is suspected of a crime?
    [transitive] to have an idea that somebody is guilty of something, without having definite proof suspect somebody/something of something He resigned after being suspected of theft. He is not suspected of any involvement in the recent attacks. He was wrongly suspected of the crime. They arrested four men suspected of links to an extremist group.

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    When do you use suspect?
    You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct. I suspect they were right. [VERB that] The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg. [VERB that] Do women really share such stupid jokes? We suspect not. [V not/so]

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