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suspect

/ˈsʌs.pɛkt/
noun

  1. A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

verb

  1. To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

    "to suspect the presence of disease"

  2. To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

    "to suspect the truth of a story"

  3. To believe (someone) to be guilty.

    "I suspect him of being the thief."

Synonymsaccuse, point the finger at, distrust, doubt, imagine, suppose
adjective

  1. Viewed with suspicion; suspected.

  2. Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

Synonymsdodgy, doubtful, dubious, fishy, suspicious

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