Dictionary definition · suspect
noun
- someone who is under suspicion
- a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
verb
- imagine to be the case or true or probable"I suspect he is a fugitive"
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in"I suspect her true motives"
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty"The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
adjective
- not as expected"there was something fishy about the accident"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).