suspect

  • verb /sspekt/ 1 believe to be probable or possible. 2 believe to be guilty of a crime or offence, without certain proof. 3 doubt the genuineness or truth of.

  • noun /suspekt/ a person suspected of a crime or offence.

  • adjective /suspekt/ possibly dangerous or false.

  — ORIGIN Latin suspicere ‘mistrust’.

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