suspect
noun/ˈsʌspekt/
/ˈsʌspekt/
Word Family
Idioms - suspect verb noun adjective
- suspected adjective
- suspicion noun
- suspicious adjective
- suspiciously adverb
- a person who is suspected of a crime or of having done something wrong
- a murder suspect
- He is the prime suspect in the case.
- Five suspects have been detained for questioning.
- Do you have a list of likely suspects?
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb2- She has been identified as the chief suspect.
- The letter makes him a possible suspect for her murder.
- The police have several suspects.
- Two men were arrested as suspects in the bombing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- key
- main
- …
- have
- identify (somebody as)
- name (somebody as)
- …
- suspect for
- suspect in
Word OriginMiddle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
Idioms
See suspect in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee suspect in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe usual suspects
- the people you would usually expect to do something or be included in something
- She thanked all the usual suspects in her acceptance speech: her family, the director, the cast and the crew.
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