suspect

  • 41suspect — 1. verb 1) I suspected she d made a mistake Syn: have a suspicion, have a feeling, feel, (be inclined to) think, fancy, reckon, guess, surmise, conjecture, conclude, have a hunch; suppose, presume, deduce, infer, sense …

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  • 42suspect — To have a slight or even vague idea concerning; not necessarily involving knowledge or belief or likelihood. Suspect with reference to probable cause as grounds for arrest without warrant is commonly used in place of the word believe. A person… …

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  • 43suspect — 1. verb 1) I suspected she d made a mistake Syn: have a suspicion, have a feeling, feel, be inclined to think, fancy, reckon, guess, surmise, have a hunch, fear 2) he had no reason to suspect me Syn …

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  • 44suspect — sus•pect v. [[t]səˈspɛkt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈsʌs pɛkt[/t]] adj. [[t]ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to believe to be guilty, with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder[/ex] 2) to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives[/ex] 3) to believe… …

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  • 45suspect — verb (t) /səˈspɛkt / (say suh spekt) 1. to imagine to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with insufficient proof or with no proof. 2. to imagine or believe to be rightly chargeable with something stated, usually… …

  • 46suspect — v., n., & adj. v.tr. 1 have an impression of the existence or presence of (suspects poisoning). 2 (foll. by to be) believe tentatively, without clear ground. 3 (foll. by that + clause) be inclined to think. 4 (often foll. by of) be inclined to… …

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  • 47suspect of — phr verb Suspect of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑involvement …

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  • 48suspect — [14] Latin suspicere originally meant literally ‘look up at’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘up from under’ and specere ‘look at’, source of English spectator, spy, etc). It evolved metaphorically along two lines: ‘look up to …

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  • 49suspect — One suspected of lying. Here comes that suspect who said she won alla that money …

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  • 50suspect — One suspected of lying. Here comes that suspect who said she won alla that money …

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