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Suspect
/ˈsʌspekt/
A person believed to have committed a wrongdoing or crime.
Synonyms:
doubtful
fishy
questionable
suspicious
dubious
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
I have
suspected
something of the kind for some time.'
See you, all these people tonight are
suspects
.
I cannot help
suspecting
him.
Etymology:
From Middle English
suspecte,
borrowed from Old French, derived from the Latin
suspectus,
meaning "mistrusted or suspicious."
Usage Statistics:
40 mentions per 1 million words
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