Definition of Suspect

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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

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Henry David Thoreau

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

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

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry

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

The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.
Alfred Adler

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
Gore Vidal

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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