Meaning Of The Word Suspect

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suspect
adjective: Suspect things or people are ones that you think may be dangerous or may be less good or genuine than they appear.
countable noun: A suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime.
verb: If you suspect that something dishonest or unpleasant has been done, you believe that it has probably been done. If you suspect someone of doing an action of this kind, you believe that they probably did it.
verb: You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct.

suspect in American English
a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime, etc.
to be suspicious; have suspicion
to believe (someone) to be guilty of something specified, on little or no evidence
viewed with suspicion; suspected
adjective: suspected; open to or under suspicion
intransitive verb: to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion
noun: a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like
transitive verb: to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof

suspect in British English
adjective: causing or open to suspicion
noun: a person who is under suspicion
verb: to believe guilty of a specified offence without proof

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