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- DictionarySus·pect
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"
- 2. doubt the genuineness or truth of: "a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect"
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"
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 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.
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.
5 days ago · 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.
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.
SUSPECT meaning: 1 : to think that (someone) is possibly guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong often + of; 2 : to think that (something) is possibly the cause of something bad usually + of
1. to believe to be guilty, with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder. 2. to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives. 3. to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise. v.i. 4. to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion. n.
To believe (someone) to be guilty of something specified, on little or no evidence. To believe to be bad, wrong, harmful, questionable, etc.; distrust. To have doubts about (something); distrust. I suspect his motives. To be suspicious; have suspicion.
suspect. [transitive, intransitive] to have an idea that something is probably true or likely to happen, especially something bad, but without having definite proof.
