Meaning of "suspect" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUSPECT

From Latin suspicere to mistrust, from sub- + specere to look.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SUSPECT

suspect  [səˈspɛkt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUSPECT

Suspect is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb suspect in English.

WHAT DOES SUSPECT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Suspect

In the law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often incorrectly use the word suspect when referring to the perpetrator of the offense. The perpetrator is the robber, assailant, counterfeiter, etc.—the person who actually committed the crime. The distinction between suspect and perpetrator recognizes that the suspect is not known to have committed the offense, while the perpetrator—who may not yet have been suspected of the crime, and is thus not necessarily a suspect—is the one who actually did. The suspect may be a different person from the perpetrator, or there may have been no actual crime, which would mean there is no perpetrator. A common error in police reports is a witness description of the suspect. Frequently it is stated that police are looking for the suspect, when there is no suspect; the police could be looking for a suspect, but they are surely looking for the perpetrator, and very often it is impossible to tell from such a police report whether there is a suspect or not.

Definition of suspect in the English dictionary

The first definition of suspect in the dictionary is to believe guilty of a specified offence without proof. Other definition of suspect is to think false, questionable, etc. Suspect is also to surmise to be the case; think probable.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUSPECT

PRESENT

Present

I suspect

you suspect

he/she/it suspects

we suspect

you suspect

they suspect

Present continuous

I am suspecting

you are suspecting

he/she/it is suspecting

we are suspecting

you are suspecting

they are suspecting

Present perfect

I have suspected

you have suspected

he/she/it has suspected

we have suspected

you have suspected

they have suspected

Present perfect continuous

I have been suspecting

you have been suspecting

he/she/it has been suspecting

we have been suspecting

you have been suspecting

they have been suspecting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I suspected

you suspected

he/she/it suspected

we suspected

you suspected

they suspected

Past continuous

I was suspecting

you were suspecting

he/she/it was suspecting

we were suspecting

you were suspecting

they were suspecting

Past perfect

I had suspected

you had suspected

he/she/it had suspected

we had suspected

you had suspected

they had suspected

Past perfect continuous

I had been suspecting

you had been suspecting

he/she/it had been suspecting

we had been suspecting

you had been suspecting

they had been suspecting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will suspect

you will suspect

he/she/it will suspect

we will suspect

you will suspect

they will suspect

Future continuous

I will be suspecting

you will be suspecting

he/she/it will be suspecting

we will be suspecting

you will be suspecting

they will be suspecting

Future perfect

I will have suspected

you will have suspected

he/she/it will have suspected

we will have suspected

you will have suspected

they will have suspected

Future perfect continuous

I will have been suspecting

you will have been suspecting

he/she/it will have been suspecting

we will have been suspecting

you will have been suspecting

they will have been suspecting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would suspect

you would suspect

he/she/it would suspect

we would suspect

you would suspect

they would suspect

Conditional continuous

I would be suspecting

you would be suspecting

he/she/it would be suspecting

we would be suspecting

you would be suspecting

they would be suspecting

Conditional perfect

I would have suspect

you would have suspect

he/she/it would have suspect

we would have suspect

you would have suspect

they would have suspect

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been suspecting

you would have been suspecting

he/she/it would have been suspecting

we would have been suspecting

you would have been suspecting

they would have been suspecting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you suspect
we let´s suspect
you suspect

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to suspect

Past participle

suspected

Present Participle

suspecting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SUSPECT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «suspect» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of suspect

accused · believe · conclude · conjecture · consider · defendant · distrust · dodgy · doubt · doubtful · dubious · fancy · feel · fishy · guess · iffy · mistrust · questionable · shonky · smell a rat · speculate · suppose · surmise

TRANSLATION OF SUSPECT

Find out the translation of suspect to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of suspect from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «suspect» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 嫌疑犯
• Translator English - Spanish: sospechoso
• English: suspect
• Translator English - Hindi: संदिग्ध
• Translator English - Arabic: مُشْتَبَهٌ بِهِ
• Translator English - Russian: подозреваемый
• Translator English - Portuguese: suspeito
• Translator English - Bengali: সন্দেহভাজন
• Translator English - French: suspect
• Translator English - Malay: suspek
• Translator English - German: Verdächtiger
• Translator English - Japanese: 容疑者
• Translator English - Korean: 용의자
• Translator English - Javanese: Suspect
• Translator English - Vietnamese: người bị tình nghi
• Translator English - Tamil: சந்தேக
• Translator English - Marathi: संशय
• Translator English - Turkish: şüpheli
• Translator English - Italian: sospetto
• Translator English - Polish: podejrzany
• Translator English - Ukrainian: підозрюваний
• Translator English - Romanian: suspect
• Translator English - Greek: ύποπτος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verdagte
• Translator English - Swedish: misstänkt
• Translator English - Norwegian: mistenkt

10 QUOTES WITH «SUSPECT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word suspect.

1

Alfred Adler

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.

2

Kojo Annan

What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?

3

Kate Atkinson

I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don't know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it's just not going to happen, is it?

4

Joe Biden

In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.

5

Amy Bloom

I spent a lot of time listening to people. But it's also true that I liked details and listening to people when I was a bartender and when I was a waitress and probably when I was a babysitter as well. I suspect that's part of what drew me to psychotherapy rather than the other way around.

6

Marion Zimmer Bradley

My husband and I were very in love, and I had no reason to suspect that his interests lay anywhere else.

7

Marshall Brickman

Comedy comes easily to me, and so for me, comedy is suspect.

8

Craig Brown

The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead, they treat the reader as an intelligent friend, and describe the book as honestly, and as entertainingly, as possible.

9

Jose Canseco

I cannot bet my life on it, because I was not involved, that Alex Rodriguez ever used steroids. But in my opinion, I suspect he has, yes.

10

Jim Drain

I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami in their lifetimes. I think it is on the same level as seeing the pyramids in Giza for many people. But, Miami is slippery: It is a place that is always that distant orgiastic green light while also being a hot, tropical, and very real place.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUSPECT»

Discover the use of suspect in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to suspect and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Suspect

Harper's contributor Mark Kingwell observes that while suspicion tries to isolate the suspect, in fact we are all the suspect. Slavoj Zizek reflects on the new cultural status of the suspect after Abu Ghraib.

John Knechtel, 2005

Confessions of a Murder Suspect

James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family . . . and the dark secrets they're keeping from one another.

James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, 2012

Suspect community: people's experience of the prevention of ...

'This book deserves fulsome praise for challenging the academic silence surrounding this area and for reminding us that it is possible to conduct rigorous, scholarly and interventionist work without becoming dependent or involved with the ...

Paddy Hillyard, 1993

Suspect

One of Booklist's 10 Best Crime Fiction Books of the Year LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well.

Robert Crais, 2013

Suspect

As the family gathers at her grandmother's bed-and-breakfast for a murder mystery weekend, seventeen-year-old Jen confronts her ambivalent feelings about her mother, who disappeared fourteen years earlier, and about the possibility that she ...

Kristin Wolden Nitz, 2010

Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal ...

But in "Suspect Identities," Simon Cole reveals that the history of criminal identification is far murkier than we have been led to believe.

Simon A. COLE, Simon A Cole, 2009

Suspect

But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Faced with the ultimate betrayal, both families are left questioning who can be trusted... and who remains SUSPECT.

Jasmine Cresswell, 2012

The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel

This e-book now includes preview chapters from Higashino's newest mystery, SALVATION OF A SAINT.

Keigo Higashino, 2011

Apprehending Fleeing Suspects: Suspect Tactics and Perimeter ...

The audience for this book begins with the police: training academies, managers, and local, state, and federal police departments.

Jack H. Schonely, 2005

Natural Suspect

Reprint. last. After declaring his intentions, Hightower tur

William Bernhardt, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUSPECT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term suspect is used in the context of the following news items.

Suspect arrested over terror attack on French gas factory 'took a …

A source close to the investigation said the photograph of Herve Cornara's head with suspect Yassin Salhi, 35, was sent via WhatsApp to a Canadian mobile ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

Chief: Suspect who killed cop texted plans for suicide

CINCINNATI — A nearly 30-year veteran police officer and the suspect he was pursuing died Friday after exchanging gunfire in a residential neighborhood, ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»

Dylann Storm Roof: Police name suspect in Charleston church …

Police released a flier Thursday morning with details of the suspect in the attack on the historic African-American church as they appealed for help to track him ... «fox6now.com, Jun 15»

Suspect in Dallas Police HQ attack has criminal history

DALLAS — The possible suspect in a shooting incident outside Dallas police headquarters early Saturday morning told officers that he was the same man ... «WFAA, Jun 15»

Police officer, suspect killed in Omaha shooting

Schmaderer said the suspect, 26-year-old Marcus Wheeler, also died at the ... The suspect, 21-year-old Albert Rucker of Omaha, was in turn shot and killed by ... «Yahoo News, May 15»

Suspect in Manhattan hammer attacks charged with weapon charge …

The second officer then fired four shots, hitting the suspect twice. The suspect, identified later as Baril, was taken to a local hospital. Authorities backtracked on ... «WABC-TV, May 15»

French police detain injured terror suspect who called ambulance

French authorities said they fortuitously averted an imminent terrorist attack on at least one Catholic church after a 24-year-old Algerian suspect shot himself in ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»

Dashcam video shows Arizona officer intentionally running over …

In one video, an officer who was tailing Valencia at slow speed reports over the radio that the suspect has fired one round in the air with a rifle he is accused of ... «CNN, Apr 15»

Suspect in killing of Census Bureau guard identified as 48-year-old …

The suspect, Ronald Anderson, 48, paroled from a manslaughter conviction in 2010, was shot and is being treated at an undisclosed hospital. A D.C. police ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»

Wis. state trooper, bank-robbery suspect shot to death

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A Wisconsin state trooper and a bank-robbery suspect were fatally shot late Tuesday afternoon on the west side of Fond du Lac. «USA TODAY, Mar 15»