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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.
1. : regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion : suspected. investigates suspect employees. 2. : doubtful, questionable. whose skills are suspect Peter Vecsey. suspect. 2 of 3. noun. sus· pect ˈsə-ˌspekt. : one that is suspected. especially : a person suspected of a crime. suspect. 3 of 3. verb. sus· pect sə-ˈspekt.
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 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.
Definition of suspect verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime. Police have arrested a suspect in a series of killings and sexual assaults in the city. Synonyms: accused, defendant, suspected person More Synonyms of suspect. 4. adjective.
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.
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 definition: 1. someone who may have committed a crime: 2. difficult to trust or believe: 3. to think that…. Learn more.
