Suspect

a.	1.	Suspicious; inspiring distrust. Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also. - Chaucer.
	2.	Suspected; distrusted. What I can do or offer is suspect. - Milton.
n.	1.	Suspicion. So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. - Fairfax.
	2.	One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; - formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Suspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspecting.] Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. - Bacon. From her hand I could suspect no ill. - Milton.
	2.	To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
	3.	To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
	4.	To look up to; to respect.
v. i.	1.	To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me. - Shak.

Noun	1.	suspect - someone who is under suspicion
	2.	suspect - a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused Synonyms: defendant
Verb	1.	suspect - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" Synonyms: surmise
	2.	suspect - regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in Synonyms: distrust, mistrust
	3.	suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
Adj.	1.	suspect - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" Synonyms: fishy, queer, suspicious, shady, funny

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