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sus·pect (sə-spĕkt́)

[Middle English suspecten, from Old French suspecter, from Latin suspectāre frequentative of suspicere, to look up at, suspect, su-, sub-, from below; see sub–, + specere, to look at.]

verb: -pect·ed, -pect·ing, -pects. 

transitive verb 

  1. To surmise to be true or probable; imagine: I suspect they are very disappointed.
  2. To have doubts about; distrust: I suspect his motives.
  3. To think (a person) guilty without proof: The police suspect her of murder.

intransitive verb 

To have suspicion.

noun 

One who is suspected, especially of having committed a crime.

adjective 

Open to or viewed with suspicion: a suspect policy; suspect motives.