suspect

sus·pect

S0922900 (sə-spĕkt′)v. sus·pect·ed, sus·pect·ing, sus·pects v.tr.1. To consider (something) to be true or probable on little or no evidence: I suspect they are very disappointed.2. To have doubts about (something); distrust: I suspect his motives.3. To consider (a person) guilty without proof: The police suspect her of murder.v.intr. To have suspicion.n. (sŭs′pĕkt′) One who is suspected, especially of having committed a crime.adj. (sŭs′pĕkt′, sə-spĕkt′) Open to or viewed with suspicion: a suspect policy; suspect motives.

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[Middle English suspecten, from Old French suspecter, from Latin suspectāre, frequentative of suspicere, to look up at, suspect : su-, sub-, from below; see sub- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

suspect

vb 1. (tr) to believe guilty of a specified offence without proof 2. (tr) to think false, questionable, etc: she suspected his sincerity. 3. (tr; may take a clause as object) to surmise to be the case; think probable: to suspect fraud. 4. (intr) to have suspicion n a person who is under suspicion adj causing or open to suspicion [C14: from Latin suspicere to mistrust, from sub- + specere to look] susˈpecter n ˈsuspectless adj

sus•pect

(v. səˈspɛkt; n. ˈsʌs pɛkt; adj. ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt)

v.t. 1. to believe to be guilty, with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder. 2. to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives. 3. to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise. v.i. 4. to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion. n. 5. a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime or offense. 6. a person known to have committed an unlawful act. adj. 7. suspected; open to or under suspicion. [1250–1300; < Latin suspectus, past participle of suspicere to look up at = su- su- + specere to look at]

suspect

1. In counterdrug operations, a track of interest where correlating information actually ties the track of interest to alleged illegal drug operations. See also counterdrug operations; special interest target; track of interest.
2. An identity applied to a track that is potentially hostile because of its characteristics, behavior, origin, or nationality. See also assumed friend; hostile; neutral; unknown.

suspect

Past participle: suspected
Gerund: suspecting

Imperative
suspect
suspect

Present
I suspect
you suspect
he/she/it suspects
we suspect
you suspect
they suspect

Preterite
I suspected
you suspected
he/she/it suspected
we suspected
you suspected
they suspected

Present Continuous
I am suspecting
you are suspecting
he/she/it is suspecting
we are suspecting
you are suspecting
they are suspecting

Present Perfect
I have suspected
you have suspected
he/she/it has suspected
we have suspected
you have suspected
they have suspected

Past Continuous
I was suspecting
you were suspecting
he/she/it was suspecting
we were suspecting
you were suspecting
they were suspecting

Past Perfect
I had suspected
you had suspected
he/she/it had suspected
we had suspected
you had suspected
they had suspected

Future
I will suspect
you will suspect
he/she/it will suspect
we will suspect
you will suspect
they will suspect

Future Perfect
I will have suspected
you will have suspected
he/she/it will have suspected
we will have suspected
you will have suspected
they will have suspected

Future Continuous
I will be suspecting
you will be suspecting
he/she/it will be suspecting
we will be suspecting
you will be suspecting
they will be suspecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been suspecting
you have been suspecting
he/she/it has been suspecting
we have been suspecting
you have been suspecting
they have been suspecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been suspecting
you will have been suspecting
he/she/it will have been suspecting
we will have been suspecting
you will have been suspecting
they will have been suspecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been suspecting
you had been suspecting
he/she/it had been suspecting
we had been suspecting
you had been suspecting
they had been suspecting

Conditional
I would suspect
you would suspect
he/she/it would suspect
we would suspect
you would suspect
they would suspect

Past Conditional
I would have suspected
you would have suspected
he/she/it would have suspected
we would have suspected
you would have suspected
they would have suspected

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	suspect - someone who is under suspicion individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"murder suspect - someone suspected of committing murderrobbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery
	2.	suspect - a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accuseddefendantlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"accused - a defendant in a criminal proceedingcodefendant, co-defendant - a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single actionlitigant, litigator - (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation; "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants"
Verb	1.	suspect - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"surmisehazard, guess, venture, pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
	2.	suspect - regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence indistrust, mistrustdisbelieve, discredit - reject as false; refuse to acceptdoubt - lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"
	3.	suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"guess, reckon, suppose, think, imagine, opine - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
Adj.	1.	suspect - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"fishy, suspicious, funny, shadycolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechquestionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

suspect

verb1. believe, feel, guess, consider, suppose, conclude, fancy, speculate, conjecture, surmise, hazard a guess, have a sneaking suspicion, think probable I suspect they were right.
believe be certain, be confident of, know, buy (slang), accept, swallow (informal)2. distrust, doubt, mistrust, smell a rat (informal), harbour suspicions about, have your doubts about You don't really think he suspects you, do you?
distrust trust, have faith in, think innocentnoun1. accused, defendant, suspected person Police have arrested a suspect in a series of killings in the city.adjective1. dubious, doubtful, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), questionable, fishy (informal), iffy (informal), open to suspicion Delegates evacuated the building when a suspect package was found.
dubious innocent, above suspicion

suspect

verbTo lack trust or confidence in:distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust.adjectiveOf dubious character:doubtful, equivocal, questionable, shady, suspicious, uncertain.Informal: fishy.

Translations

怀疑猜想不信任可疑的嫌疑分子

suspect

(səˈspekt) verb1. to think (a person etc) guilty. Whom do you suspect (of the crime)?; I suspect him of killing the girl. 懷疑(有罪) 怀疑（有罪） 2. to distrust. I suspected her motives / air of honesty. 不信任 不信任3. to think probable. I suspect that she's trying to hide her true feelings; I began to suspect a plot. 猜想 猜想 noun (ˈsaspekt) a person who is thought guilty. There are three possible suspects in this murder case. 嫌疑分子 嫌疑分子 adjective not trustworthy. I think his statement is suspect. 可疑的 可疑的suspicion (səˈspiʃən) noun1. the process of suspecting or being suspected; the/a feeling causing a person to suspect. They looked at each other with suspicion; I have a suspicion that she is not telling the truth. 疑心 疑心2. a slight quantity or trace. There was a suspicion of triumph in his tone. 一點點 一点点suspicious (səˈspiʃəs) adjective1. having or showing suspicion. I'm always suspicious of men like him; a suspicious glance. (具有或表示)懷疑的 （具有或表示）怀疑的 2. causing or arousing suspicion. suspicious circumstances. 可疑的 可疑的，引起怀疑的 suspiciously (səˈspiʃəsli) adverb 可疑地，懷疑著 可疑地，怀疑着 suˈspiciousness noun 可疑性 可疑性

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