suspect

sus·pect  (s-spkt)

v. sus·pect·ed, sus·pect·ing, sus·pects

v.tr.

1. To surmise to be true or probable; imagine: I suspect they are very disappointed.

2. To have doubts about; distrust: I suspect his motives.

3. To think (a person) guilty without proof: The police suspect her of murder.

v.intr.

To have suspicion.

n. (sspkt)

One who is suspected, especially of having committed a crime.

adj. (sspkt, s-spkt)

Open to or viewed with suspicion: a suspect policy; suspect motives.

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[Middle English suspecten, from Old French suspecter, from Latin suspectre, frequentative of suspicere, to look up at, suspect : su-, sub-, from below; see sub- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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suspect

Verb

1. to believe (someone) to be guilty without having any proof

2. to think (something) to be false or doubtful: he suspected her intent

3. to believe (something) to be the case; think probable: I suspect he had another reason

Noun

a person who is believed guilty of a specified offence

Adjective

not to be trusted or relied upon: her commitment to the cause has always been suspect [Latin suspicere to mistrust]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	suspect - someone who is under suspicion individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" murder suspect - someone suspected of committing murder rape suspect - someone who is suspected of committing rape robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery
	2.	suspect - a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused defendant law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" accused - a defendant in a criminal proceeding co-defendant, codefendant - a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action litigant, litigator - (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation; "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants"
Verb	1.	suspect - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" surmise hazard, guess, venture, pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
	2.	suspect - regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in distrust, mistrust disbelieve, discredit - reject as false; refuse to accept doubt - lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"
	3.	suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks" guess, reckon, suppose, think, imagine, opine - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
Adj.	1.	suspect - 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" fishy, suspicious, funny, shady colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

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suspect

verb 1. believe, feel, guess, consider, suppose, conclude, fancy, speculate, conjecture, surmise, hazard a guess, have a sneaking suspicion, think probable << OPPOSITE know

verb 2. distrust, doubt, mistrust, smell a rat (informal) harbour suspicions about, have your doubts about << OPPOSITE trust

adjective 3. dubious, doubtful, dodgy Brit., Austral., N.Z. (informal) questionable, fishy (informal) iffy (informal) open to suspicion, shonky Austral., N.Z. (informal) << OPPOSITE innocent

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1. In counterdrug operations, a track of interest where correlating information actually ties the track of interest to alleged illegal drug operations. See also counterdrug operations; special interest target; track of interest.
2. An identity applied to a track that is potentially hostile because of its characteristics, behavior, origin, or nationality. See also assumed friend; hostile; neutral; unknown.

Translations

suspect adj, n [ˈsʌspɛkt] → sospechoso/a m/f

vt [səsˈpɛkt] → sospechar

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suspect adj, n [ˈsʌspɛkt] → suspect(e)

vt [səsˈpɛkt] → soupçonner, suspecter

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suspect [ˈsʌspɛkt] adj → verdächtig

n → Verdächtige(r) f(m)

vt to suspect sb of → jdn verdächtigen +gen;

(think) → vermuten;

(doubt) → bezweifeln

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suspect adj, n [ˈsʌspɛkt]

adj → sospetto/a

n → persona sospetta

vt [səsˈpɛkt] → sospettare (= think likely); supporre (= doubt); dubitare di