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English
Etymology
From Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, perfect passive participle of suspiciō (“mistrust, suspect”), from sub (“under”), + speciō (“watch, look at”).
Pronunciation
Adjective, noun
Verb
Verb
suspect (third-person singular simple present suspects, present participle suspecting, simple past and past participle suspected)
- (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
to suspect the presence of disease
- (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
to suspect the truth of a story
1785, James Ridgway, A Dictionary of Literary Conversation:An inhabitant of Gubio, in the duchy of Urbino, in Italy, suspecting the fidelity of his wife, he, in a fit of jealousy, in order to find out whether his suspicion was true, did what the ecclesiastick history informs us Origen did from devotion.
- (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
I suspect him of being the thief.
- (intransitive) To have suspicion.
- (transitive, obsolete) To look up to; to respect.
Synonyms
Translations
imagine or suppose to be true, without proof
- Belarusian: падазрава́ць impf (padazravácʹ), западо́зрыць pf (zapadózrycʹ)
- Bulgarian: подози́рам (bg) impf (podozíram), подозра́ pf (podozrá)
- Catalan: sospitar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 揣測/揣测 (zh) (chuǎicè)
- Danish: mistænke
- Dutch: vermoeden (nl)
- Finnish: epäillä (fi)
- French: suspecter (fr)
- Galician: sospeitar (gl), osmar (gl)
- German: vermuten (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὑπονοέω (huponoéō), ὑποτοπέω (hupotopéō)
- Hungarian: gyanít (hu), sejt (hu), képzel (hu)
- Irish: bí san amhras
- Italian: sospettare (it)
- Macedonian: се сомнева (se somneva), претпоставува (pretpostavuva)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ane (no)
- Old English: rǣswan
- Oromo: shakkuu
- Portuguese: suspeitar (pt)
- Russian: подозрева́ть (ru) impf (podozrevátʹ), заподо́зрить (ru) pf (zapodózritʹ), полага́ть (ru) impf (polagátʹ)
- Spanish: barruntar (es), sospechar (es)
- Swedish: förmoda (sv), tro (sv), anta (sv), ana (sv)
- Turkish: varsaymak (tr)
- Ukrainian: підо́зрювати impf (pidózrjuvaty), запідо́зрити pf (zapidózryty)
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distrust, have doubts about
- Ancient Greek: ὑπονοέω (huponoéō), ὑποτοπέω (hupotopéō)
- Belarusian: падазрава́ць impf (padazravácʹ), западо́зрыць pf (zapadózrycʹ)
- Bulgarian: подози́рам (bg) impf (podozíram), подозра́ pf (podozrá)
- Catalan: sospitar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懷疑/怀疑 (zh) (huáiyí), 嫌疑 (zh) (xiányí)
- Danish: mistro
- Dutch: wantrouwen (nl), twijfelen (nl) aan, betwijfelen (nl)
- Esperanto: suspekti
- Finnish: epäillä (fi)
- French: soupçonner (fr)
- Galician: sospeitar (gl)
- German: misstrauen (de)
- Greek: υποπτεύομαι (el) (ypoptévomai)
- Hungarian: kételkedik (hu), kétell (hu), kételyei vannak … felől, kétségei vannak … felől
- Irish: amhras a bheith agat ar
- Javanese: cubriya, nyubriyani
- Kabuverdianu: diskunfia, deskonfiá
- Latin: suspiciō
- Macedonian: се сомнева (se somneva)
- Portuguese: suspeitar (pt)
- Russian: подозрева́ть (ru) impf (podozrevátʹ), заподо́зрить (ru) pf (zapodózritʹ)
- Spanish: sospechar (es)
- Swedish: misstänka (sv), vara tveksam till
- Ukrainian: підо́зрювати impf (pidózrjuvaty), запідо́зрити pf (zapidózryty)
- Yiddish: חושד זײַן (khoyshed zayn)
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believe to be guilty
- Arabic: ...اِشْتَبَهَ بِ (...ištabaha bi)
- Belarusian: падазрава́ць impf (padazravácʹ), западо́зрыць pf (zapadózrycʹ)
- Bulgarian: подози́рам (bg) impf (podozíram), подозра́ pf (podozrá)
- Catalan: sospitar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懷疑/怀疑 (zh) (huáiyí), 嫌疑 (zh) (xiányí)
- Czech: podezřívat (cs) impf, podezírat (cs) impf
- Danish: suspekt (da), mistænke
- Dutch: verdenken (nl)
- Finnish: epäillä (fi)
- French: soupçonner (fr)
- Galician: sospeitar (gl)
- Georgian: , ეჭვს მიიტანს (eč̣vs miiṭans) (infinitive), დამნაშავედ მიიჩნევს (damnašaved miičnevs) (infinitive)
- German: verdächtigen (de)
- Greek: υποπτεύομαι (el) (ypoptévomai)
- Hungarian: gyanúsít (hu)
- Irish: caith amhras ar
- Italian: sospettare (it)
- Japanese: 疑う (ja) (うたがう, utagau)
- Korean: 의심하다 (ko) (uisimhada)
- Macedonian: се сомнева (se somneva)
- Polish: podejrzewać (pl) impf
- Portuguese: suspeitar (pt)
- Romanian: bănui (ro), suspecta (ro)
- Russian: подозрева́ть (ru) impf (podozrevátʹ), заподо́зрить (ru) pf (zapodózritʹ)
- Slovene: sumiti
- Spanish: sospechar (es)
- Swedish: misstänka (sv), misstänka (sv)
- Telugu: అనుమానించు (te) (anumāniñcu)
- Ukrainian: підо́зрювати impf (pidózrjuvaty), запідо́зрити pf (zapidózryty)
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Noun
suspect (plural suspects)
- A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
Derived terms
Translations
person suspected of something
- Afrikaans: verdagte (af)
- Arabic: مُشْتَبَه بِهِ m (muštabah bihi), مَشْبُوه (mašbūh)
- Armenian: կասկածյալ (hy) (kaskacyal)
- Belarusian: падазрава́ны m (padazravány), падазрава́ная f (padazravánaja)
- Bulgarian: заподозря́н (bg) m (zapodozrján)
- Chechen: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嫌疑犯 (zh) (xiányífàn), 嫌疑人 (zh) (xiányírén)
- Czech: podezřelý (cs) m
- Danish: mistænkt c
- Dutch: verdachte (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: suspektato
- Finnish: epäilty (fi)
- French: suspect (fr)
- Galician: sospeitoso m
- Georgian: ეჭვმიტანილი (eč̣vmiṭanili)
- German: Verdächtiger (de) m, Verdächtige (de) f
- Greek: ύποπτος (el) m (ýpoptos), ύποπτη (el) f (ýpopti)
- Hebrew: חָשׁוּד (he) m (chashúd) חֲשׁוּדָה f (chashudá)
- Hungarian: gyanúsított (hu)
- Ido: suspektito (io)
- Irish: amhrastach m
- Japanese: 被疑者 (ja) (ひぎしゃ, higisha)
- Khmer: ពិរុទ្ធជន (pirutthĕəʼcŭən)
- Korean: 용의자(容疑者) (yong'uija)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: осомничен m (osomničen), осомничена f (osomničena)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: suspècte (oc) m
- Persian: مَظنون (fa) (maznun)
- Polish: podejrzany (pl) m, podejrzana f
- Portuguese: suspeito (pt) m, suspeita (pt) f
- Romanian: bănuit (ro) m, suspect (ro) m
- Russian: подозрева́емый (ru) (podozrevájemyj), подозрева́емая (ru) f (podozrevájemaja)
- Spanish: sospechoso (es) m
- Swahili: mshukiwa (sw)
- Swedish: misstänkt (sv) c
- Telugu: అనుమానితుడు m (anumānituḍu), అనుమానితురాలు f (anumāniturālu)
- Thai: ผู้ต้องสงสัย (pûu-dtɔ̂ng-sǒng-sǎi)
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: підо́зрюваний m (pidózrjuvanyj), підо́зрювана f (pidózrjuvana)
- Vietnamese: nghi phạm
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Adjective
suspect (comparative more suspect, superlative most suspect)
- Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 9 February 2017, page 64:In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:Facing a backlash over the use of the term “cosmopolitan,” [Josh] Hawley later defended himself against accusations of antisemitism on Twitter as “an ardent advocate of the state of Israel and the Jewish people.” But this conflation of the state of Israel and the Jewish people is the entire point. To today’s far right, Israel is a firm ally against Islam, while “cosmopolitans,” many of whom just happen to be Jewish, are suspect.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52:What appears suspect about the Beeching Report is how quickly it was railroaded through, with the answers manufactured before the questions were asked.
- (nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.
- 2004, Will Nickell, letter to the editor of Field & Stream, Volume CIX Number 8 (December 2004–January 2005), page 18
- Now I’m suspect of other advice that I read in your pages.
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French
Etymology
From Latin suspectus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
suspect (feminine suspecte, masculine plural suspects, feminine plural suspectes)
- suspicious; suspect
Usage notes
- The -ct- becomes audible in the feminine forms (as ). It is one of very few adjectives in which two mute consonants reappear.
Derived terms
Noun
suspect m (plural suspects, feminine suspecte)
- a suspect
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French suspect, from Latin suspectus.
Adjective
suspect m or n (feminine singular suspectă, masculine plural suspecți, feminine and neuter plural suspecte)
- suspicious, doubtful
Declension
Noun
suspect m (plural suspecți)
- suspect
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