Suspected

verb

/səsˈpɛktɪd/

Word Frequency: 14.3

Definitions

1.verbTo imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

"to suspect the presence of disease"

2.verbTo distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

"to suspect the truth of a story"

3.verbTo believe (someone) to be guilty.

"I suspect him of being the thief."

4.verbTo have suspicion.

5.verbTo look up to; to respect.

6.adjectiveBelieved to be a cause or at fault.

"Bring in the suspected vandal."

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