Definitions for suspect

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suspect sus·pect

Spelling: [verb suh-spekt; noun s

IPA: /verb səˈspɛkt; noun ˈsʌs pɛkt; adjective ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt/

Suspect is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in suspect (cepsstu).

Definitions for suspect

noun

1. a person who is suspected, especially one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like.

adjective

1. suspected; open to or under suspicion.

verb (used with object)

1. to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof:
2. to doubt or mistrust:
3. to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise:
4. to have some hint or foreknowledge of:

verb (used without object)

1. to believe something, especially something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion.

Origin of suspect

1250-1300; Middle English (adj.) Latin suspectāre, equivalent to su- su- + spectāre, frequentative of specere to look at

Examples for suspect

The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.

In such beer polls, I suspect a lot of voters would pick Huckabee.

I suspect man has more to do with the unmaking than the making of either.

"I suspect that I have been deceived," said Mr. Morgan, gravely.

Like Hamlet, too, this Richard is quick to suspect even his friends' loyalty.

The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.

I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.

He began to suspect that he was being cheated into listening to a Bible story.

I suspect that she was the means of influencing so large a purchase.