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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
suspect
sus·pect [suspect suspects suspected suspecting] verb, noun, adjective
verb BrE [səˈspekt] ; NAmE [səˈspekt] (not used in the progressive tenses)
1. transitive, intransitive to have an idea that sth is probably true or likely to happen, especially sth bad, but without having definite proof
•~ (sth) If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
• Suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap.
•I didn't want the neighbours suspecting anything.
•As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman.
•~ (that)… I began to suspect (that) they were trying to get rid of me.
•I suspect (that) she might be lying.
•it is suspected that… It was suspected that the drugs had been brought into the country by boat.
•~ sb/sth to be/have sth She suspected him to be an impostor.
2. transitive to have an idea that sb is guilty of sth, without having definite proof
•~ sb/sth of sth He resigned after being suspected of theft.
•~ sb/sth of doing sth I suspected her of damaging the equipment.
•The drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths.
•~ sb/sth Whom do the police suspect?
3. transitive ~ sth to be suspicious about sth; to not trust sth
•I suspected her motives in offering to help.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
Word Family:
suspect verb
suspected adjective
suspicion noun
suspicious adjective
suspiciously adverb
suspect noun adjective
Example Bank:
•He immediately suspected the worst.
•He was wrongly suspected of the crime.
•I rather suspect they were trying to get rid of me.
•It was widely suspected that the cadets had been acting on orders.
•She had no reason to suspect that Sylvia had not been telling the truth.
•These revelations only prove what I suspected all along.
•As I suspected all along, he was not a real policeman.
•He dealt through a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect.
•I would suspect that they're running short of money by now.
•If you suspect a gas leak, call the emergency services immediately.
•It was just as she had suspected: the letters had been stolen.
Derived Word: ↑suspected
noun BrE [ˈsʌspekt] ; NAmE [ˈsʌspekt]
a person who is suspected of a crime or of having done sth 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?
Word Origin:
Middle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
Word Family:
suspect verb
suspected adjective
suspicion noun
suspicious adjective
suspiciously adverb
suspect noun adjective
Example Bank:
•She has been identified as the chief suspect.
•The army rounded up all the usual suspects.
•The letter makes him a possible suspect for her murder.
•The police have several suspects.
•Two men were arrested as suspects in the bombing.
adjective BrE [ˈsʌspekt] ; NAmE [ˈsʌspekt]
1. that may be false and that cannot be relied on
Syn: ↑questionable
•Some of the evidence they produced was highly suspect.
2. that you suspect to be dangerous or illegal
Syn: ↑suspicious
•a suspect package (= one that may contain drugs, a bomb, etc.)
•a controlled explosion of a suspect device (= a bomb)
Word Origin:
Middle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
Word Family:
suspect verb
suspected adjective
suspicion noun
suspicious adjective
suspiciously adverb
suspect noun adjective
Example Bank:
•The theory is rendered suspect by its reliance on now discredited sources.
•the forced adoption of children of politically suspect citizens
•The police have been informed of the discovery of a suspect package.
•They carried out a controlled explosion of a suspect device.
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