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▪ I. sus, a. (and adv.) slang.|sʌs|
Also suss.
[Abbrev. of suspect a. or suspicious a.]
Suspect, suspicious; of questionable provenance or condition. Also as adv., in a suspicious manner.
1958F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 154 [sic] He then told the judge about me trying the door handels of jam jars [= cars] and my generaly acting sus. 1958Listener 23 Oct. 657/2 It might all seem a bit ‘sus’, as he would say, if Raymond Chandler, in a foreword, did not vouch for him. 1960Punch 24 Feb. 285/1, I think it is all dead suss. 1983Age (Melbourne) 9 July 7/2 [The coat] was a bit sus so I washed it and washed it and then soaked it for a week before I went near it. 1986Truckin' Life June 47 As long as truckies continue to buy these barstool bargains and wreckers and repairers accept ‘suss’ componentry—trucks are going to be stolen.
▪ II. sus, suss, n. slang.|sʌs|
1. [Abbrev. of suspicion or suspicious a.] Suspicion of having committed a crime; suspicious behaviour, esp. loitering; the sus law. Freq. in phr. on sus.
1936‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxv. 248 What you nick me for? Sus? 1963T. & P. Morris Pentonville xv. 312 Men who are, in the prison idiom, ‘done for sus’, that is to say, prosecuted as ‘suspected persons or reputed thieves loitering with intent to commit a felony’. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 74 Chance nickings in the street, from anything on sus, to indecent exposure. 1978G. Williams Textbk. Criminal Law xxxvii. 817 Another provision of the Vagrancy Act s.4 (as amended) allows the punishment on summary conviction of ‘suspected persons’ and ‘reputed thieves’ who ‘frequent and loiter’ in certain public places with intent to commit an arrestable offence. Persons ‘found’ committing the offence can be arrested. In police jargon, the man is ‘picked up on sus’. 1981Times 24 Aug. 3/8 The delight at the passing of ‘sus’ is, however, mitigated by a degree of apprehension about its replacement, the newly created offence of ‘interference with vehicles’.
2. [Abbrev. of suspect n.2 or suspected ppl. a.] A suspected person, a police suspect.
1936‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxix. 281 Yes, there was a bit of a coring match when they claimed me. Picked me up as a sus and then hung a screwing rap on me. 1967K. Giles Death in Diamonds vi. 110 Sorry, old man, they found your chief sus. with his neck broken. 1970R. Busby Frighteners viii. 80 He's going to go running to the law, because if he don't, he's the number one suss. 1977Evening Standard 8 Mar. 8/2 ‘Sus’ is an ugly word whose meaning is now known to nearly every young West Indian living in London. It is short for ‘suspected person’. Its widespread and growing use by the police against black youngsters is coming to be regarded by many lawyers..as a major scandal.
3. attrib. and Comb., as sus book, sus case, sus charge, sus offence; sus law: until 1981, the law by which a person could be arrested on suspicion of committing a crime; effective since the Vagrancy Act (5 Geo. IV c. 83) of 1824.
1970J. Boland Big Job xv. 124 The Sus book..was where lists of Suspected Persons were kept. 1977Morning Star 19 Jan. 2/4 These limitations have serious impact in ‘sus’ (being a suspected person) and ‘enclosed premises’ charges. 1977Evening Standard 8 Mar. 8/3 A study of a number of ‘sus’ cases shows that they all conform to a remarkably similar pattern. 1981New Statesman 13 Feb. 3/1 The government is proposing to keep the ‘Sus’ laws in Scotland, even though they are being repealed in England and Wales. Ibid. The ‘useful and necessary’ provisions of the Vagrancy Act 1824 and the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 which define sus offences in Scotland. 1981Times 24 Aug. 318 The controversial ‘sus’ law, under which people can be arrested on suspicion that an offence is likely to be committed, is no more. The Criminal Attempts Act, which comes into force today, abolishes section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824.
Sense 3 in Dict. becomes 4. Add: 3. [f. sus v.] Know-how, savoir faire; understanding, ‘nous’.
1979Sounds 1 Dec. 53/1 The guy proved he has enough ability and suss to widen his proverbial horizons to a potentially monster audience. 1987Hi-Fi News Jan. 130/3 Tuff Enough..contained all that was good about the band but with an injection of commercial suss which at least gave them a hit in the States. 1990Sounds 3 Feb. 40/2 They pump enough pop suss and charisma into the formula to remould the whole floorshow for their own ends.
▪ III. sus, suss, v. slang.|sʌs|
[Abbrev. of suspect v.; cf. prec.
Participles of the verb are usu. formed with a double final consonant in the stem. The form with final double s has now spread to the infinitive. The substantive, however, is still most commonly encountered with a single final consonant (sus).]
1. a. trans. To suspect (a person) of a crime (cf. sus n. 1). Also in general use.
1953D. Webb Crime is my Business x. 202 He turned to Hodge and said, ‘Who's sussed for this job?’ 1959Observer 11 Oct. 21/4 Commercial artist..pursued by beat blonde he has never seen... Later heavily sus-ed of her murder at the beach house. 1960[see lot n. 2 d]. 1966C. Rougvie Gredos Reckoning iii. 49, I sussed a weirdie and asked: ‘You queer or something?’ 1970R. Busby Frighteners ii. 25 You'll get sussed right off. The club boys'll mark you down for a copper the minute you walk through the door.
b. With obj. clause: to suspect, to imagine or fancy (something) as likely; hence, to feel or surmise.
1958[see get v. 27 d]. 1960Punch 24 Feb. 284/2, I sussed that all the dodgy bookshops would soon be skint. 1969It 4–17 July 14/1 It wasn't a situation too conducive to free, relaxed chat and one could suss that Mick was a bit fed up with having to reel out witty and intelligent quips for the voracious appetites of the human media. 1977Transatlantic Rev. lx. 192 Mercurially sussing that the largest ingredient of the briefcase was dollar bills, [he] added: ‘Were you aware..that the largest ingredient of bank-note paper was Indian Hemp?’
2. To work or figure out; to investigate, to discover the truth about (a person or thing). Also with obj. clause and without const.
1966Queen 28 Sept. 28/3 Youth susses things out on its own. 1969Fabian & Byrne Groupie xxix. 207 When chicks came round I enjoyed sussing them out, and trying to guess which one would last and which one would be dropped. 1971It 2–16 June 18/2 Everybody seems to have at least two nicknames plus their birth-signs so every little chickie can think they've got it sussed. 1971N. Saunders Alternative London xxvii. 256 Talk to him to sus him out—if you're not sure of him, don't leave him out of your sight. 1975Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 7/1 ‘If ever my members sussed out that I can't read, I'd be a gonner,’ he said. 1976P. Cave High Flying Birds x. 105 Stay there a minute. I'll go and suss it out. 1977Daily Mirror 10 May 17/1 It took me about half a day to suss out the industry and realise how easy it would be to move in. 1977Sounds 9 July 30/5 Here we have a stylish axe/singer who's sussed the factors that made Benson such a universally popular guitarist. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 1064/3 A morning's browsing in a book shop will suffice for you to suss out the market. |