lesuspect
masculine
/sys.pɛ/
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Translation
suspect
Word origin
From Latin suspectus, the past participle of suspicere ('to look up at, to mistrust'), from sub ('under') plus specere ('to look'). The same root gives English 'suspect' and 'suspicion'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- suspectus
- English cognates
- suspect, suspicion
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralsuspects
Examples
interrogé .
The police questioned the suspect for several hours.
principal alibi solide -.
The main suspect has a solid alibi for that night.
.
Two suspects were arrested near the station.
.
This abandoned parcel seems really suspicious.
comportement alerté voisins.
His suspicious behaviour alerted the neighbours.
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