Suspect Definition
sə-spĕkt
suspected, suspects
verb
suspected, suspects
To believe (someone) to be guilty of something specified, on little or no evidence.
Webster's New World
To believe to be bad, wrong, harmful, questionable, etc.; distrust.
Webster's New World
To have doubts about (something); distrust.
I suspect his motives.
American Heritage
To be suspicious; have suspicion.
Webster's New World
To consider (a person) guilty without proof.
The police suspect her of murder.
American Heritage
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noun
suspects
A person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
Round up the usual suspects. "” Casablanca.
Wiktionary
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adjective
Open to or viewed with suspicion.
A suspect policy; suspect motives.
American Heritage
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Origin of Suspect
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Middle English suspecten from Old French suspecter from Latin suspectāre frequentative of suspicere to look up at, suspect su-, sub- from below sub– specere to look at spek- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin suspectus, perfect passive participle of suspiciō (“mistrust, suspect"), from sus-, combining form of sub (“under"), + speciō (“watch, look at").
From Wiktionary
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