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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.

[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.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.suspected - believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection"
unsuspected - not suspected or believed likely; "remained unsuspected as the head of the spy ring"; "he was able to get into the building unspotted and unsuspected"; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road"
Translations
suspected [səsˈpektɪd] ADJ [thief, murderer, crime] → presunto
she was taken to hospital with suspected appendicitisla llevaron al hospital pensando que podía tener apendicitis
she collapsed yesterday with a suspected heart attackayer sufrió un colapso y se sospecha que la causa fue un ataque al corazón
suspected [səˈspɛktɪd] adj [sabotage, terrorist] → présumé(e)
He is a suspected member of this organization → C'est un membre présumé de cette organisation.
a suspected terrorist → un présumé terroriste
He died from a suspected heart attack
BUT Il est mort, victime de ce que l'on suppose être un infarctus.
He had a suspected broken arm
BUT On pensait qu'il avait le bras cassé.
suspected [səsˈpɛktɪd] adjpresunto/a
to have a suspected fracture → avere una sospetta frattura
suspected [səsˈpɛktɪd] adjpresunto/a
to have a suspected fracture → avere una sospetta frattura


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The Dover mail was in its usual genial position that the guard suspected the passengers, the passengers suspected one another and the guard, they all suspected everybody else, and the coachman was sure of nothing but the horses; as to which cattle he could with a clear conscience have taken his oath on the two Testaments that they were not fit for the journey.
"I am greatly surprised by such a question," said the Cashier; "it sounds as if you suspected me of selfishness.
"Sir," replied the man, not recognizing Monk as an officer, under the thick cloak which enveloped him, "that house was inhabited by a foreigner, and this foreigner became suspected by the soldiers.
 
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