suspect

suspect
1. verb
1)

I suspected she'd made a mistake

Syn:
have a suspicion, have a feeling, feel, (be inclined to) think, fancy, reckon, guess, surmise, conjecture, conclude, have a hunch; suppose, presume, deduce, infer, sense, imagine; fear
2)

he had no reason to suspect my honesty

Syn:
doubt, distrust, mistrust, have misgivings about, be skeptical about, have qualms about, be suspicious of, be wary of, harbor reservations about
2. noun

a murder suspect

Syn:
suspected person, accused, defendant
3. adjective

a suspect package

Syn:
suspicious, dubious, doubtful, untrustworthy; odd, queer; informal fishy, funny, shady

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  • suspect — suspect, ecte [ syspɛ(kt), ɛkt ] adj. et n. • 1355; lat. suspectus, de suspicere « regarder de bas en haut » 1 ♦ (Personnes) Qui est soupçonné ou qui prête au soupçon, éveille les soupçons. « Un être étrange, inquiétant, suspect à tous » (France) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • suspect — Suspect, [susp]ecte. adj. Qui cause du soupçon, de la défiance, de qui on a sujet de se defier, qu on soupçonne de quelque chose. Ce Rapporteur m est suspect, me devient suspect. il m est suspect en ce que ... tout ce qui vient de sa part m est… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Suspect no 1 — Suspect nº 1 Suspect no 1 Titre original Prime Suspect Genre Série policière Créateur(s) Lynda La Plante Production Granada Television/ ITV Productions Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Suspect n°1 — Suspect nº 1 Suspect no 1 Titre original Prime Suspect Genre Série policière Créateur(s) Lynda La Plante Production Granada Television/ ITV Productions Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Suspect n° 1 — Suspect nº 1 Suspect no 1 Titre original Prime Suspect Genre Série policière Créateur(s) Lynda La Plante Production Granada Television/ ITV Productions Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Suspect nº 1 — Suspect no 1 Titre original Prime Suspect Genre Série policière Créateur(s) Lynda La Plante Production Granada Television/ ITV Productions Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • suspect — SUSPÉCT, Ă, suspecţi, te, adj. (Adesea substantivat) Care este bănuit, care dă de bănuit; care inspiră neîncredere, de care trebuie să te fereşti; dubios, îndoielnic. – Din fr. suspect, lat. suspectus. Trimis de RACAI, 07.12.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  …   Dicționar Român

  • suspect — Ⅰ. suspect UK US /səˈspekt/ verb [T] ► to believe that something, usually something bad, may be true or may have happened: suspect that »The bank suspects that fraud has occurred. »suspect fraud/dishonesty/foul play ► to believe that someone is… …   Financial and business terms

  • suspect — suspect, suspicious 1. Suspect is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun (the chief suspect) and adjective (a suspect package), and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb (They suspect something). 2. As an adjective …   Modern English usage

  • suspect — sus·pect 1 / səs ˌpekt, sə spekt/ adj [Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub sus up, secretly + specere to look at]: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion or heightened… …   Law dictionary

  • Suspect — Sus*pect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspecting}.] 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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