suspect

Noun
  1. Someone who is under suspicion (synset 110700830)
    hypernym: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    hyponym:
  2. A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law;
    The person being sued or accused (synset 109781524)
    domain category: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    hypernym: litigant, litigator - (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
    hyponym:
    • accused - a defendant in a criminal proceeding
    • co-defendant, codefendant - a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
    synonym: defendant
Adjective
  1. Not as expected (synset 301923975)
    "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar: questionable - subject to question
    synonym: fishy, funny, shady, suspicious
Verb
  1. Imagine to be the case or true or probable (synset 200923043)
    "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
    hypernym: guess, hazard, pretend, venture - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
    synonym: surmise
  2. Regard as untrustworthy;
    Regard with suspicion;
    Have no faith or confidence in (synset 200689827)
    hypernym: disbelieve, discredit - reject as false; refuse to accept
    hyponym: doubt - lack confidence in or have doubts about
    synonym: distrust, mistrust
  3. Hold in suspicion;
    Believe to be guilty (synset 200926844)
    "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
    hypernym: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think - expect, believe, or suppose

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