Suspect meaning in English

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Definition

to suspect: to think (of someone) as suspicious, to believe verb
I suspect him of stealing the toilet paper from our bathroom.
a suspect: a person under suspicion noun
The police have no suspects in their investigation.
suspect: suspicious, doubtful, not as expected, unsure adjective
The president's new policy on legalizing cocaine is a little suspect.

Examples

  • "I've rounded up all the potential murder suspects there for interrogation!"
  • "If you're in this office right now, you're a suspect for the murder of Bruno's dog, Stink Delavigne!"
  • "we have intelligence that points to a single suspect: an Amazonian national named Horatio Oléré, living in the San Francisco area."
  • "Police report that no one at the bar was sober enough to describe the suspected assailant's face accurately."
  • "I blame it on server at station 12, which I am beginning to suspect is possessed."
  • "Authorities suspect the balloon was commandeered by a passenger, eccentric fragrance enthusiast Bruno Delavigne at approximately 11:30 pm."
  • "Kalvin Krime, President of Kalvin Krime, Inc: "I'm not a suspect in Patrice's death, am I?"
  • "If you're in this office right now, you're a suspect for the murder of Bruno's dog!"
  • "This was the result of some suspect management decisions as well as some poorly chosen business partners (Kalvin Krime and Grevelon in particular)."
  • "Here's a likely suspect."
  • "He bought them out one by one, without anyone suspecting a thing."
  • "Uh huh...Yes...We have intelligence that points to a single suspect: an Amazonian national named Horatio Oléré, living in the San Francisco area."
  • "Police suspect that Trotter and the bird collided in mid-air."
  • "Everyone is a suspect."
  • "As Philip suspected, the problem is related to Spencer, the new Galeries Falayette sales assistant in charge of Delavigne products at the store."
  • "KNOWN SUSPECT"
  • "I suspect it's another DNA test (for a paternity suit?"
  • "Lucie Lohan and I will now question all of the suspects present."

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