suspect
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(s) not as expected
- 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
Nouns
- (n) someone who is under suspicion
- (n) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused defendant,
Verbs
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(v) imagine to be the case or true or probable
- I suspect he is a fugitive
- I surmised that the butler did it
- (v) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in distrust, mistrust,
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(v) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks