suspect

adjective

  1. 1

    not as expected

    there was something fishy about the accident

    up to some funny business

noun

  1. 1

    a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

  2. 2

    someone who is under suspicion

verb

  1. 1

    regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

  2. 2

    imagine to be the case or true or probable

    I suspect he is a fugitive

    I surmised that the butler did it

  3. 3

    hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty

    The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks

Synonyms

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