suspect

suspect
sus•pect
v. [[t]səˈspɛkt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈsʌs pɛkt[/t]] adj. [[t]ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt[/t]] v. t.
1) to believe to be guilty, with little or no proof:
to suspect a person of murder[/ex]
2) to doubt or mistrust:
I suspect his motives[/ex]
3) to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise
4) to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion
5) a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime or offense
6) law a person known to have committed an unlawful act
7) suspected; open to or under suspicion
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Etymology: 1250–1300; < L suspectus, ptp. of suspicere to look up at =su- su-+specere to look at

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • 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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