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Meaning of suspect

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  suspect
      adj 1: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the
             accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely
             queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were
             suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: {fishy}, {funny},
             {shady}, {suspect}, {suspicious}]
      n 1: someone who is under suspicion
      2: a person or institution against whom an action is brought in
         a court of law; the person being sued or accused [syn:
         {defendant}, {suspect}] [ant: {complainant}, {plaintiff}]
      v 1: imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he
           is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn:
           {suspect}, {surmise}]
      2: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith
         or confidence in [syn: {distrust}, {mistrust}, {suspect}]
         [ant: {bank}, {rely}, {swear}, {trust}]
      3: hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected
         Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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