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suspect English

Meaning suspect meaning

What does suspect mean?
Definitions in simple English

suspect Verb

— If you suspect something, you feel that something, often bad, is probably true. I suspect you've already erased the file, have you? — If you suspect someone or something, you don't trust them, or you think something is their fault. The chemical is no longer used because it is suspected of causing cancer. Hassan strongly suspected that he had something to do with Wolfgang Klein's death.

suspect Noun

— A suspect is a person or thing who you believe committed a crime or caused something. He was the police's prime suspect in the crime.

suspect Adjective

— If something is suspect, it is untrue, or likely to cause problems. Any claims to solve all the problems should be seen as deeply suspect.

suspect

— verb (= surmise) imagine to be the case or true or probable I suspect he is a fugitive I surmised that the butler did it — verb (= distrust) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in — adjective (= fishy, funny, shady, 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 — verb hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks — noun someone who is under suspicion — noun (= defendant) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

Synonyms suspect synonyms

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suspect English » English

doubt distrust mistrust suspicious be suspicious doubtful shady questionable guess be suspicious of uncertain surmise suppose wonder fishy defendant believe be uncertain accuse think suspicion presume dubious disbelieve suspected question hesitate be doubtful speculate sense scent misdoubt judge imagine have an inkling funny expect charge calculate blame assume wobble waver wager waffle unsure understand unclear unauthorized true

Topics suspect topics

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Social behavior Law Trial

Suspect
Language and thought Think Opinion

Doubt
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

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Conjugation suspect conjugation

How do you conjugate suspect?

suspect · verb

Examples suspect examples

How do I use suspect in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The police arrested the suspect.
Tom had no reason to suspect that Mary was lying.
No charges have been filed against the suspect.
I knew you would suspect them.
It never dawned on me that I would be a suspect.
I suspect Tom is telling the truth.
Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.
The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.
The fingerprints left on the weapon correspond with the suspect's.
Doctors suspect smoking has lot to do with cancer.
Why should you suspect me?
The policeman wouldn't let go of the suspect.
The police arrested the suspect yesterday.
The police will suspect him of the murder.
The police were inquiring into the suspect's past.
The police have found no trace of the suspect yet.
He interviewed the suspect today.
We all suspect him of murder.
I suspect they water down the beer in that pub.
The police arrested a suspect in connection with the robbery.
The police suspect that he was lying.
We suspect him of telling a lie.
After they questioned him, the police returned the suspect to the house.
Two detectives followed the suspect.
The police suspect that he robbed the bank.

Movie subtitles

And yet, if you were to detect Venus orbiting another star, you might suspect it would have Earth-like conditions.
Everybody knows that's a euphemism for being a bloody suspect.
It would've helped eliminate him as a suspect.
My jovial attitude to life leads me to being in some weird suspect line-up.
Do you know of any reason why she would suspect you in particular?
We have our first suspect, Jackson.
Whoever wrote this letter is our prime suspect.
I suspect that you all bet on the eventual winner of the races, in this case Mildred, and then all work together to ensure that result.
You're an excellent candidate for testing, Jane, though I suspect you've already been told that.
I spied on him to learned that he has convened suspect people at the house of Gourdan, to plot against the Countess!
The suspect's nights are now dictated by the inquisition judges.
That's why, they'll never suspect you.
A pathological condition that is not as rare as one might suspect.
I would not have ventured to come, had I not a communication to make which I suspect may be of the utmost importance to yourself.
I suspect that Director Pyotr either is one or is working with them.
But once you start to add it all up, the Director seems the most obvious suspect.
They won't suspect you.
Do you suspect anyone?
My nerves are so shocked I suspect everyone.
You may not suspect it, but I'm still attractive to some.
She's always picking up the grand duke's soldiers. which I'm beginning to suspect he leaves intentionally.
If Your Highness were not so new to our court, I'd suspect you were going to see your lover. Lover?
He's alone on his quarterdeck in a fine Irish temper, I suspect.
If I could prove what I suspect, I.
I was beginning to suspect that.
I'm begin to suspect you have.
These things have some merit, I suspect, but this..
They don't suspect him?
No one would suspect it.
Don't tell me you suspect Judge Ramsey of stealing the body.
I suspect there's something in the air.
If they ever suspect that you're in this, it'll be in every newspaper in an hour.
I didn't suspect a thing.

News and current affairs

Personally, I suspect Madoff's unenviable place in the record books will be secure for quite a while.
As foreigners start pulling their money out of a country they suspect, the dollar will weaken.
Nevertheless, I suspect that the age of American exceptionalism is near an end, and soon per capita income in Europe and Japan will approach that of the US, rather than falling farther behind.
Since 1900 the global temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and ocean surface waters has risen by 0.5-1 degree Celsius, and the prime suspect is atmospheric carbon dioxide, CO2, which is second only to water vapor in its greenhouse effect.
With nuclear power - regarded as the main technological bulwark against depletion of the world's oil supplies - suddenly suspect, oil prices doubled again by the year's end.
Our reality, I suspect, would challenge even Ionesco's sense of the absurd.
The turning point came when Kay initiated inspections of suspect buildings without notifying the Iraqis about his intentions in advance.
That should certainly include vastly enhanced expenditures on public education; but I suspect that a long-term solution will have to involve more direct regulation, and it is not too soon to start discussing the modalities.
Optimists predict a recession of the second type; pessimists suspect that a third variety recession is lurking in the economic shadows.
So widespread is it in my country that almost every state initiative seems tainted by corruption, with the result that the implementation of some governmental programs is now highly suspect in the minds of many ordinary people.
I suspect that emerging-market policymakers' hearts are advocating the former.
But I also suspect that their heads are cautioning against spending a lot of money in an attempt to accomplish a difficult, if not impossible, task.
In July 2002, when an Egyptian opened fire and killed two people waiting in line at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport, the FBI decided that the suspect was not a terrorist because he was acting alone.
They can be used to detect a condition in healthy people who have no reason to suspect they are at risk.
I suspect that many will agree with this view.
Perhaps this reflects my own bias, but I suspect that this evasiveness on the part of Britain's main political parties has weakened support for them, by diminishing their status as valid representatives of the country.
We suspect but do not know that consumption will increase.
I suspect, however, that fears of an outright recession in China are vastly overblown.
While it is easy to get caught up in the swirling tales of palace intrigue that have followed, I suspect that Bo's removal holds a far deeper meaning.
I suspect that other countries will have to learn that lesson as well.
For most issues, I suspect that Kosovo and Bosnia are experiencing similar side effects due to their occupations.

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