/ˈsʌs.pekt/
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Translation
A person who the police think may have done something wrong.
Word origin
From Latin suspectus, from suspicere, to look at secretly, from sub, under, and specere, to look.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- suspicere
Examples
suspects.
A suspect has not been shown to be guilty yet.
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The plural is "suspects".
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The main suspect is the one the police think of first.
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