suspect
suh spekt
- n someone who is under suspicion
- n a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
- v imagine to be the case or true or probable
I suspect he is a fugitive - v regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- v hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks - s not as expected
her motives were suspect
- Hatfill's name had been leaked to the media as a primary suspect during the years-long bioterrorism investigation.
- Matteson says the term is "less damaging" than dubbing someone a suspect, particularly if the police prove to be wrong in their identification.
- Ryan Jenkins, the reality-dating-show contestant suspected in the murder of his model ex-wife, turned up dead of an apparent suicide in a Canadian motel.