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Definition of Suspect
Suspect

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

Suspected; distrusted.

Suspicion.

One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.

To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

To look up to; to respect.

To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

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Suspect Quotations

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Steven Wright

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
Francis Bacon

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
Oscar Wilde

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.
Henry David Thoreau

Suspect Translations

suspect in Dutch is verdenken
suspect in Italian is dubitare, supporre, presentire
suspect in Portuguese is suspeito
suspect in Spanish is dudar, presumir, presentir


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