suspect meaning
EN
[ˈsʌs.pɛkt] [səsˈpɛkt] [-ɛkt] 
US US WSuspect
- In the law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a crime.
- A common error in police reports is a witness description of the suspect (as a witness generally describes a perpetrator, while a mug shot is of suspect).
- Possibly because of the misuse of suspect to mean perpetrator, police in the early 21st century began to use person of interest, possible suspect, and even possible person of interest, to mean suspect.
- Under the judicial systems of the U.S.
FR suspect 
- NounPLsuspectsPREsus-
- A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
- Round up the usual suspects. — Casablanca
- A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
- VerbSGsuspectsPRsuspectingPT, PPsuspected
- (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
- (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.
- (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
- AdjectiveCOMmore suspectSUPmost suspect
- Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
- (nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.
- Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- At first, the suspect would not tell us anything about the other participants in the crime. But after being offered a deal, he spilled his guts.
- Little did anyone suspect that the military attaché was one of the world's craftiest spies.
- If you drop ship the orders, then you don't need to own the products; thus, fewer of your customers suspect you're acting as a middle man.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- After the robbery, the police gave chase but didn't catch the suspect.
- As John Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule him out as a suspect.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of suspect in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "suspect" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.