Definition of suspect
(Entry 1 of 3)
2
: doubtful, questionable
whose skills are suspect— Peter Vecsey
suspect
nounDefinition of suspect (Entry 2 of 3)
: one that is suspected
especially
: a person suspected of a crime
suspect
verb
suspected; suspecting; suspects
Definition of suspect (Entry 3 of 3)
1
: to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof
suspect him of giving false information
2
: to have doubts of : distrust
suspects her motives
3
: to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable
I suspect he's right
: to imagine something to be true or likely
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The first known use of suspect was in the 14th century
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