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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.
Adjective The room had a suspect odor. since she was carrying no cash or credit cards, her claim to the store's detectives that she had intended to pay for the items was suspectNoun One suspect has been arrested. She is a possible suspect in connection with the kidnapping.
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 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.
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 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.
[transitive] suspect something to feel that something is not completely right, legal or honest, without having any proof; to not trust something. I suspected her motives in offering to help. He dealt through a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect. Word Origin.
Definition of suspect adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct. [vagueness] [...] 2. If you suspect that something dishonest or unpleasant has been done, you believe that it has probably been done.
suspect. noun [ C ] uk/ˈsʌspekt/us. B2. someone who may have committed a crime: He's the prime suspect(= the most likely suspect) in the murder case. More examples. Police think the suspect has now fled the country.
