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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.
She was suspected of selling stolen goods. I was wary about talking to a suspected criminal . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Definition of suspect verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.