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21suspect — ► VERB 1) believe to be probable or possible. 2) believe to be guilty of a crime or offence, without certain proof. 3) doubt the genuineness or truth of. ► NOUN ▪ a person suspected of a crime or offence. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ possibly dangerous or false …
22suspect — [sə spekt′; ] for adj. usually, & for n. always [, sus′pekt΄] vt. [LME suspecten < L suspectus, pp. of suspicere, to look under, look up to, admire, also to mistrust < sus (see SUB ), under + spicere, to look (see SPY)] 1. to believe… …
23suspect — sus|pect1 W3S2 [səˈspekt] v [T not in progressive] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: suspectare, from the past participle of suspicere to look up at, admire, distrust , from sub up, secretly + specere to look at ] 1.) to think that something is… …
24SUSPECT — ECTE. adj. Qui est soupçonné, ou qui mérite de l être. Il se dit Des choses et des personnes. Cet homme m est suspect, me devient suspect. Il m est suspect en cela. Tout ce qui vient de la part d un tel est suspect. Votre silence sur cette… …
25Suspect — For other uses, see Suspect (disambiguation). In the parlance of criminal justice, a suspect is a known person suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters often incorrectly use the word suspect when referring to the perpetrator of the… …
26suspect — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chief, key, main, number one, primary (AmE), prime ▪ She has been identified as the chief suspect. ▪ …
27suspect — (su spè, spè kt ; la prononciation est mal établie au masculin ; Chifflet, Gramm. p. 208, recommande de ne faire entendre ni le c ni le t, et de prononcer comme effet ; c est la meilleure prononciation ; mais d autres font entendre le c et le t,… …
28suspect — I UK [səˈspekt] / US verb [transitive, not usually progressive] Word forms suspect : present tense I/you/we/they suspect he/she/it suspects present participle suspecting past tense suspected past participle suspected *** 1) to believe that… …
29suspect — I n. 1) to arrest a suspect 2) to interrogate, question a suspect 3) to place a suspect under surveillance 4) a prime suspect II v. 1) to suspect strongly 2) (D; tr.) to suspect as (to be suspected as an accomplice) 3) (D; tr.) to suspect of (the …
30suspect — 1 verb (transitive not in progressive) 1 to think that something is probably true or likely, especially something bad: suspect (that): She strongly suspected her husband had been lying. | suspect murder/foul play (=suspect that someone has been… …
