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used to describe someone that people believe may have committed a particular crime, or a crime that people believe may have been committed: Police arrested three suspected terrorists. a suspected spy / fraudster / thief. a suspected crime / fraud / conspiracy.
Synonyms for SUSPECTED: alleged, guessed, presumed, assumed, surmised, conjectured, justifiable, excusable; Antonyms of SUSPECTED: unsustainable, unverifiable, unprovable, unsupportable, insupportable, debatable, indemonstrable, disputable.
The suspected murderer is being held at Belmarsh prison. Police suspect him of masterminding a drugs empire. She was suspected of selling stolen goods. I was wary about talking to a suspected criminal.
The meaning of SUSPECT is regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion : suspected. How to use suspect in a sentence.
Definition of suspected adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and grammar of the verb suspect, which means to have an idea that something is probably true or likely to happen, especially something bad, without having definite proof. See examples, synonyms and related topics.
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Suspect definition: to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof. See examples of SUSPECT used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning and usage of the adjective suspected, which means believed guilty of an offence or thought probable but not diagnosed. See sentences with suspected from various sources and synonyms of suspected.
A suspect is a person who is believed to be guilty of a crime. If you leave the scene of a murder with blood on your hands and a weapon in your pocket, you’re likely to become a prime suspect. If others believe you have committed a crime, you are a suspect.
