suspected of (suspect in) a crime
11suspect — ► VERB 1) believe to be probable or possible. 2) believe to be guilty of a crime or offence, without certain proof. 3) doubt the genuineness or truth of. ► NOUN ▪ a person suspected of a crime or offence. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ possibly dangerous or false …
12Suspect — For other uses, see Suspect (disambiguation). In the parlance of criminal justice, a suspect is a known person suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters often incorrectly use the word suspect when referring to the perpetrator of the… …
13suspect — I UK [səˈspekt] / US verb [transitive, not usually progressive] Word forms suspect : present tense I/you/we/they suspect he/she/it suspects present participle suspecting past tense suspected past participle suspected *** 1) to believe that… …
14suspect — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chief, key, main, number one, primary (AmE), prime ▪ She has been identified as the chief suspect. ▪ …
15suspect — sus|pect1 [ sə spekt ] verb transitive not usually progressive *** 1. ) to believe that something is true, especially something bad: Teachers should call social services if they suspect child abuse. suspect (that): Police suspected that she had… …
16suspect*/*/ — [səˈspekt] verb [T] I 1) to believe that something is true Police suspected that she had some connection with the robbery.[/ex] 2) to think that someone might have done something bad He wrote a letter naming the people whom he suspected.[/ex] men …
17suspect — ♦♦ suspects, suspecting, suspected (The verb is pronounced [[t]səspe̱kt[/t]]. The noun and adjective are pronounced [[t]sʌ̱spekt[/t]].) 1) VERB (vagueness) You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order …
18suspect — 1 verb (transitive not in progressive) 1 to think that something is probably true or likely, especially something bad: suspect (that): She strongly suspected her husband had been lying. | suspect murder/foul play (=suspect that someone has been… …
19crime — noun 1 illegal act ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), awful, bloody, brutal, despicable, dreadful (esp. BrE), grave, great, heinous, horr …
20suspect — suspectible, adj. v. /seuh spekt /; n. /sus pekt/; adj. /sus pekt, seuh spekt /, v.t. 1. to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder. 2. to doubt or… …
