suspect

suspect
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suspects, suspecting, suspected
(The verb is pronounced [[t]səspe̱kt[/t]]. The noun and adjective are pronounced [[t]sʌ̱spekt[/t]].)
1) VERB (vagueness) You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct.

[V that] I suspect they were right...

[V that] The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg...

[V not/so] Do women really share such stupid jokes? We suspect not.

2) VERB If you suspect that something dishonest or unpleasant has been done, you believe that it has probably been done. If you suspect someone of doing an action of this kind, you believe that they probably did it.

[V that] He suspected that the woman staying in the flat above was using heroin...

[V that] Interpol suspects there may be a terrorist attack in Rio de Janeiro next week...

[V n of n] It was perfectly all right, he said, because the police had not suspected him of anything...

[V n] You don't really think Webb suspects you?...

[V-ed] Frears was rushed to hospital with a suspected heart attack. [Also V wh]

3) N-COUNT A suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime.

Police have arrested a suspect in a series of killings and sexual assaults in the city.

4) ADJ-GRADED Suspect things or people are ones that you think may be dangerous or may be less good or genuine than they appear.

Delegates evacuated the building when a suspect package was found...

The firm has taken out adverts in national newspapers to urge customers to return suspect products...

The whole affair has been highly suspect.


English dictionary. 2008.

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