meaning of suspect

1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
2.
Suspected; distrusted.
3.
Suspicion.
4.
One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
5.
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.
6.
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
7.
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
8.
To look up to; to respect.
9.
To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
10.
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused


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