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1. (v.t.) suspect
to believe to be guilty, with little or no proof:
to suspect a person of murder.
2. suspect
to doubt or mistrust:
I suspect his motives.
3. suspect
to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise.
4. (v.i.) suspect
to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion.
5. (n.) suspect
a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime or offense.
6. suspect
a person known to have committed an unlawful act.
7. (adj.) suspect
suspected; open to or under suspicion.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < L suspectus, ptp. of suspicere to look up at =
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) suspect
someone who is under suspicion
2. (adj) defendant, suspect
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
3. (verb) fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious
not as expected
"there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
4. (verb) suspect, surmise
imagine to be the case or true or probable
"I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
5. (verb) distrust, mistrust, suspect
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
6. (verb) suspect
hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
"The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
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1. (verb) suspect
to think that sb is the person who committed a crime
Police suspected her of killing her husband.
2. suspect
to think that sth is likely
I suspect that he was too embarrassed to mention it.
3. suspect
to think that sth might be bad
She suspected his intentions.
4. (noun) suspect
sb who is thought to have committed a crime
the main suspect in the murder case
5. (adjective) suspect
possibly dangerous
a suspect package
6. suspect
possibly dishonest or bad
His reasons for helping seemed suspect.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Suspect
suspicious; inspiring distrust
2. (adj) Suspect
suspected; distrusted
3. (adj) Suspect
suspicion
4. (adj) Suspect
one who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime
5. (verb) Suspect
to imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease
6. (verb) Suspect
to imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation
7. (verb) Suspect
to hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story
8. (verb) Suspect
to look up to; to respect
9. (verb) Suspect
to imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious
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| Definition of 'Suspect' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Suspect
1. In counterdrug operations, a track of interest where correlating information actually ties the track of interest to alleged illegal drug operations. See also counterdrug operations; track of interest. 2. An identity applied to a track that is potentially hostile because of its characteristics, behavior, origin, or nationality. See also assumed friend; hostile; neutral; unknown.
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Sense: to think (a person etc) guilty
Whom do you suspect (of the crime)?; I suspect him of killing the girl.
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 Afrikaans: vermoed |
 Arabic: يشُكُّ في |
 Bulgarian: подозирам |
 Brazilian: suspeitar |
 Czech: podezřívat |
 German: verdächtigen |
 Danish: mistænke |
 Greek: υποπτεύομαι, υποψιάζομαι |
 Spanish: sospechar (de) |
 Estonian: kahtlustama |
 Farsi: پنداشتن |
 Finnish: epäillä |
 French: soupçonner (de) |
 Hebrew: לַחשוֹד |
 Hindi: सन्देह करना |
 Croatian: sumnjičiti, sumnjati na k |
 Hungarian: gyanúsít |
 Indonesian: mencurigai |
 Icelandic: gruna |
 Italian: sospettare |
 Japanese: 怪しむ |
 Korean: 혐의를 두다 |
 Lithuanian: įtarti |
 Latvian: turēt aizdomās |
 Malay: mengesyaki |
 Dutch: verdenken |
 Norwegian: mistenke |
 Polish: podejrzewać |
 Persian: پنداشتن |
 Pashto: اټکلول |
 Portuguese: suspeitar |
 Romanian: a bănui (de), a suspecta |
 Russian: подозревать |
 Slovak: podozrievať |
 Slovenian: sumiti |
 Serbian: sumnjičiti |
 Swedish: misstänka |
 Thai: สงสัย |
 Turkish: kuşkulanmak, olduğunu düş |
 Taiwanese: 懷疑(有罪) |
 Ukrainian: підозрювати |
 Urdu: شبہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: cảm thấy ai đó có tội mà |
 Chinese: 怀疑（有罪） |
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