suspect

suspect
01. No one will [suspect] she killed her husband; they all think she is so sweet.
02. Oscar Wilde once remarked that the old believe everything, the middle-aged [suspect] everything, and the young know everything.
03. The police became [suspicious] when they noticed a nervous-looking man waiting outside the bank.
04. The defendant was reported to have been acting [suspiciously] on the night the victim was found murdered in his bed.
05. My colleagues at work have always regarded me with a certain amount of [suspicion] because the boss is my uncle.
06. Jason is out of the office at the moment. I [suspect] he might be visiting a client.
07. I became a little [suspicious] when I noticed some guy trying to see in my car window.
08. Studies in the U.S. show that black [suspects] are more likely to be arrested than whites.
09. He is the prime [suspect] in the murder of his wife.
10. There is a Spanish proverb which observes that he is always right who [suspects] that he makes mistakes.
11. There is a French proverb which states that it is more disgraceful to [suspect] our friends than to be deceived by them.
12. There is a Yoruban proverb which observes that people who gossip always [suspect] that others are talking about them.
13. At one time in Scotland, witches were [suspected] of taking the form of red butterflies.
14. Queen Elizabeth I of England, using a diamond, scratched the following message on her prison window: "Much [suspected] of me, nothing proved can be."
15. The police have no [suspects] as of yet in the murder case.
16. If criminal activity is [suspected] in regards to a bank account in Switzerland, the bank's respect for the secrecy of the client can be dismissed.
17. Following the Gulf War, observers say that it was difficult to restore law and order in Kuwait because so many Kuwaitis had become [suspicious] of each other.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • suspect — suspect, ecte [ syspɛ(kt), ɛkt ] adj. et n. • 1355; lat. suspectus, de suspicere « regarder de bas en haut » 1 ♦ (Personnes) Qui est soupçonné ou qui prête au soupçon, éveille les soupçons. « Un être étrange, inquiétant, suspect à tous » (France) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • suspect — Suspect, [susp]ecte. adj. Qui cause du soupçon, de la défiance, de qui on a sujet de se defier, qu on soupçonne de quelque chose. Ce Rapporteur m est suspect, me devient suspect. il m est suspect en ce que ... tout ce qui vient de sa part m est… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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  • suspect — SUSPÉCT, Ă, suspecţi, te, adj. (Adesea substantivat) Care este bănuit, care dă de bănuit; care inspiră neîncredere, de care trebuie să te fereşti; dubios, îndoielnic. – Din fr. suspect, lat. suspectus. Trimis de RACAI, 07.12.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  …   Dicționar Român

  • suspect — Ⅰ. suspect UK US /səˈspekt/ verb [T] ► to believe that something, usually something bad, may be true or may have happened: suspect that »The bank suspects that fraud has occurred. »suspect fraud/dishonesty/foul play ► to believe that someone is… …   Financial and business terms

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  • suspect — sus·pect 1 / səs ˌpekt, sə spekt/ adj [Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub sus up, secretly + specere to look at]: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion or heightened… …   Law dictionary

  • Suspect — Sus*pect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspecting}.] 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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