noun
definition
A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
verb
definition
To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
example
to suspect the presence of disease
definition
To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
example
to suspect the truth of a story
definition
To believe (someone) to be guilty.
example
I suspect him of being the thief.
definition
To have suspicion.
definition
To look up to; to respect.
adjective
definition
Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
definition
Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.
Examples of suspect in a Sentence
So they did suspect her.
Did they suspect she was here?
I don't suspect so.
Most important, did he ever suspect her foolish thoughts?
Did he suspect she had overheard his phone call?
Adrienne didn't suspect anything because I never said anything.
Did he suspect that she was beginning to feel more for him than simple friendship?
If you tell me every little thing you know or even suspect, I'll just drive away and let you walk down the lane to one of those farm houses we passed.
Glancing around at the men with purple eyes, she began to suspect that good cause was going to kill her.
I don't know who, but I suspect Ne'Rin.
The only reason she could think of was that the man didn't want anyone to suspect him.
I suspect she might have known why her sister left Boston.
It makes everything you've heard a tad suspect, doesn't it?
Why would he suspect Howard?
Ully cursed as he moved to seek cover from the downpour. Safe beneath his jungle roof, Toby watched him. The brave, cheerful Ully that sat with him in Hell seemed lost in the underworld, and Toby began to suspect there was another reason their jailer, Jared, had freed them.
Did he suspect her problem?
When Xander didn't look away, she began to suspect she'd found a weak point.
Dean wondered if Cynthia might suspect Dean himself had blown the creep away just for spite.
Dean tried hard to exclude Jennifer Radisson from consideration as a malefactor, although he reluctantly admitted his sole reason to pass on her as a suspect was his belief in her story.
I suspect the new Mrs. Martin passed on sometime a year or so later, after the last letter.
What would lead them to suspect that?
If I suspect you've betrayed me, I'll turn my new super-demons on your Immortals.
I suspect I'll be living in a back garden now, in a shed or other outhouse.
Moreover, the waves, I suspect, do not so much construct as wear down a material which has already acquired consistency.
The logical suspect was the person who possessed the most reason to see Jerome Shipton dead.
When the helo circled the rocks, she began to suspect they'd picked up her transmission.
After an unsuccessful embassy in Tuscany, he was imprisoned as a suspect during the Terror, but freed after the 9th Thermidor.
He was never attached to any party; the tone of his mind was to suspect whoever was in power.
In 1838 the king began to suspect his heir of plotting with the Liberal party to bring about a change of ministry, or even his own abdication.
In his eyes she had lost her innocence — or at least it was in strong suspect.
Any suspect might be arrested and imprisoned until the peace or sent before the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Gerard Cauvin began to suspect that he had not chosen the most lucrative profession for his son, and that the law offered to a youth of his talents and industry a more promising sphere.
As a rule, whenever we find the parts of one whorl superposed on those of another we may suspect some abnormality.
In all these cases there is reason to suspect that the plants may have been Pteridosperms, rather than Ferns.
If Yancey didn't suspect anything now, he would if she didn't show up tonight.
We suspect the latter is very largely the case.
Police investigating the attempted abduction of a woman in Riddings on Sunday have issued a CD fit of the suspect.
Scientists suspect they could have eaten sea algae, which can produce acid poisoning.
The mouse bioassay involves inoculating mice with suspect tissue from a cow or sheep.
I suspect my disappointment was down to Fuji's marketing blurb - I expected a quantum leap in technology which wasn't there.
What they do mention, however, is that the case file reveals that a former bricklayer was the primary suspect for many years.
I suspect there are a lot more digital cameras in use out there than properly equipped scanners... ... ... .
If you suspect you have a long term candida condition then it is very important that you take the dietary aspect seriously.
Professor Robert Langdon (Hanks) is lecturing in Paris when he becomes the prime suspect in a murder case.
I suspect these people have never tried to read the real Tai chi classics, which give far less.
I suspect we were the only two fifth columnists!
I suspect these phones are aimed at the bored rail commuter, looking for something to keep him entertained.
I suspect no shopkeeper would take on the task of selling stuff without the old sucrose or high fructose corn syrup.
Whenever you suspect that illegal coursing is taking place on your land contact the Police.
I suspect that for every satisfied customer there was at least one who would disagree with the product description.