SUSPECT


Meaning of SUSPECT in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ chief , key , main , number-one , primary ( AmE ), prime

She has been identified as the chief ~.

▪ likely , logical ( AmE ), obvious , possible , potential

▪ usual

▪ criminal , murder , terror , terrorism ( esp. AmE ), terrorist

VERB + SUSPECT

▪ have , identify (sb as) , name (sb as)

The police have several ~s.

▪ apprehend , arrest , capture , catch , detain , hold , round up

The army rounded up all the usual ~s.

▪ interrogate , interview , question

▪ charge

▪ release

▪ extradite , hand over

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

The letter makes him a possible ~ for her murder.

▪ ~ in

Two men were arrested as ~s in the bombing.

II.

verb

1 believe that sth may happen/be true

ADVERB

▪ strongly

▪ rather ( esp. BrE )

I rather ~ they were trying to get rid of me.

▪ rightly , wrongly

▪ all along , always

These revelations only prove what I ~ed all along.

▪ immediately

He immediately ~ed the worst.

VERB + SUSPECT

▪ begin to

▪ have reason to , have reasons to

She had no reason to ~ that he had not been telling the truth.

PHRASES

▪ be widely ~ed

It was widely ~ed that the cadets had been acting on orders.

2 believe sb is guilty of sth

ADVERB

▪ rightly , wrongly

PREPOSITION

▪ of

He was wrongly ~ed of the crime.

PHRASES

▪ have grounds for ~ing sb/sth ( esp. BrE ), have grounds to ~ sb/sth ( esp. BrE ), have reason to ~ sb/sth , have reasons for ~ing sb/sth , have reasons to ~ sb/sth

Suspect is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ conspiracy , ↑ foul play , ↑ motive , ↑ worst

III.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , look , seem

▪ render sth

The theory is rendered ~ by its reliance on now discredited sources.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ deeply , highly

Some of the evidence was deeply ~.

▪ increasingly

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

▪ inherently

▪ constitutionally ( esp. AmE ), morally , politically

the forced adoption of children of politically ~ citizens

Suspect is used with these nouns: ↑ package

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