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    suspect

    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" Similar have a suspicionhave a feelingfeelbe inclined to thinkOpposite know
    • 2. doubt the genuineness or truth of: "a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect" Similar doubtdistrustmistrusthave doubts about

    noun

    • 1. a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence: "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"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of suspect in English - Cambridge Dictionary

    SUSPECT definition: 1. to think or believe something to be true or probable: 2. to think that someone has committed a…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › suspectSuspect Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof. suspect him of giving false information. 2. : to have doubts of : distrust. suspects her motives. 3. : to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable. I suspect he's right. intransitive verb. : to imagine something to be true or likely. Synonyms.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › suspectSuspect - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySUSPECT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SUSPECT meaning: 1. to think or believe something to be true or probable: 2. to think that someone has committed a…. Learn more.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › suspectSUSPECT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSUSPECT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishsuspect verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    [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.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › suspectSuspect - definition of suspect by The Free Dictionary

    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.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionarySUSPECT - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

    Definitions of 'suspect'. 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.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › suspectsuspect - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

    suspect. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sus‧pect1 /səˈspekt/ W3 verb [transitive] 1 to think that something is probably true, especially something bad suspect (that) I suspected that there was something wrong with the engine. She strongly suspected he was lying to her.