What does suspect mean?
Definitions for suspect
səˈspɛkt; ˈsʌs pɛkt; ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛktsus·pect
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Princeton's WordNet
suspectnoun
someone who is under suspicion
defendant, suspectadjective
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousverb
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"
suspect, surmiseverb
imagine to be the case or true or probable
"I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
distrust, mistrust, suspectverb
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
suspectverb
hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
"The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
Wiktionary
suspectnoun
A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
Round up the usual suspects. uE000146841uE001 Casablanca
suspectverb
To imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence.
I suspect his theory.
suspectverb
To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
I suspect him of lying.
suspectverb
To believe (someone) to be guilty.
If you asked me who the thief is, I would suspect him.
suspectverb
To have suspicion.
suspectadjective
To be viewed with suspicion.
The figures in these accounts look suspect uE000146842uE001 I think someone has been cooking the books.
Wikipedia
Suspect
In law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often use the word suspect as a jargon when referring to the perpetrator of the offense (perp in dated US slang). However, in official definition, the perpetrator is the robber, assailant, counterfeiter, etc.—the person who committed the crime. The distinction between suspect and perpetrator recognizes that the suspect is not known to have committed the offense, while the perpetrator—who may not yet have been suspected of the crime, and is thus not necessarily a suspect—is the one who did. The suspect may be a different person from the perpetrator, or there may have been no actual crime, which would mean there is no perpetrator.A common error in police reports is a witness description of the suspect (as a witness generally describes a perpetrator, while a mug shot is of a suspect). Frequently it is stated that police are looking for the suspect, when there is no suspect; the police could be looking for a suspect, but they are surely looking for the perpetrator, and very often it is impossible to tell from such a police report whether there is a suspect or not. Possibly because of the misuse of "suspect" to mean "perpetrator", police in the late 20th and early 21st century began to use person of interest, possible suspect, and even possible person of interest, to mean suspect.Under the judicial systems of the U.S., once a decision is approved to arrest a suspect, or bind him over for trial, either by a prosecutor issuing an information, a grand jury issuing a true bill or indictment, or a judge issuing an arrest warrant, the suspect can then be properly called a defendant, or the accused. Only after being convicted is the suspect properly called the perpetrator.
Webster Dictionary
Suspectadjective
suspicious; inspiring distrust
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectadjective
suspected; distrusted
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectadjective
suspicion
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectadjective
one who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectverb
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
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectverb
to imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectverb
to hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectverb
to look up to; to respect
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Suspectverb
to imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious
Etymology: [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
Freebase
Suspect
In the law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often incorrectly use the word suspect when referring to the perpetrator of the offense. The perpetrator is the robber, assailant, counterfeiter, etc. --the person who actually committed the crime. The distinction between suspect and perpetrator recognizes that the suspect is not known to have committed the offense, while the perpetrator—who may not yet have been suspected of the crime, and is thus not necessarily a suspect—is the one who actually did. The suspect may be a different person from the perpetrator, or there may have been no actual crime, which would mean there is no perpetrator. A common error in police reports is a witness description of the suspect. Frequently it is stated that police are looking for the suspect, when there is no suspect; the police could be looking for a suspect, but they are surely looking for the perpetrator, and very often it is impossible to tell from such a police report whether there is a suspect or not. Possibly because of the misuse of suspect to mean perpetrator, police in the early 21st century began to use person of interest, possible suspect, and even possible person of interest, to mean suspect.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Suspect
sus-pekt′, v.t. to mistrust: to imagine to be guilty: to doubt: to have a slight opinion that something exists, but without sufficient evidence, to conjecture.—v.i. to imagine guilt, to be suspicious.—n. a person suspected.—adv. Suspec′tedly.—n. Suspec′tedness.—adj. Suspect′less, not suspected. [L. suspicĕre, suspectum, to look at secretly—sub, up, specĕre, to look at.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of suspect in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of suspect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of suspect in a Sentence
I suspect some became a 'no' because of that, that certainly didn't help.
The reason I don't think he's talking, and it's kind of an assumption on my part … this suspect is familiar with the criminal justice system, intimately.
When he wasn't invited to a family gathering the suspect responded by opening fire and killing six victims before taking his own life.
There are risks every officer knows going in, that includes everything from going up against an armed suspect who is going to resist and going to do everything to escape, including shooting to try and kill you, to being struck by a car during a traffic stop.
I suspect he will be appreciative of what we have done.
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- verdagteAfrikaans
- مشتبه فيهArabic
- sospitós, sospitarCatalan, Valencian
- podezírat, podezřívat, podezřelýCzech
- suspektDanish
- Verdächtige, verdächtig, vermuten, misstrauen, Verdacht, verdächtigen, VerdächtigerGerman
- υποπτεύομαι, ύποπτος, ύποπτηGreek
- sospecharSpanish
- مشکوکPersian
- epäilty, epäilläFinnish
- soupçonnerFrench
- संदिग्धHindi
- gyanakszik, gyanúsít, gyanakodikHungarian
- կասկածյալArmenian
- sospettareItalian
- 疑うJapanese
- 의심하다Korean
- осомничена, претпоставува, осомничен, сомнителна, сомнителен, се сомневаMacedonian
- betwijfelen, verdenken, verdacht, verdachte, wantrouwen, twijfelenDutch
- podejrzewać, podejrzana, podejrzanyPolish
- suspeito, suspeita, suspeitarPortuguese
- подозреваемый, заподозрить, подозревать, полагать, подозреваемаяRussian
- sumitiSlovene
- misstänkaSwedish
- mshukiwaSwahili
- சந்தேகTamil
- అనుమానించు, అనుమానితురాలు, అనుమానితుడుTelugu
- כאָשעדYiddish
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