I. ˈsəs-ˌpekt, sə-ˈspekt adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere
Date: 14th century
1. : regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion : suspected
investigates suspect employees
2. : doubtful , questionable
whose skills are suspect — Peter Vecsey
II. ˈsəs-ˌpekt noun
Date: 1591
: one that is suspected ; especially : a person suspected of a crime
III. sə-ˈspekt verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin suspectare, frequentative of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub-, sus- up, secretly + specere to look at — more at sub- , spy
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1. : to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof
suspect him of giving false information
2. : to have doubts of : distrust
suspect s her motives
3. : to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable
I suspect he's right
intransitive verb
: to imagine something to be true or likely