Definition of: suspect

(sə·spekt′) v.t.
1. To think (a person) guilty as specified on little or no evidence.
2. To have distrust of; doubt: They suspected my motives.
3. To have an inkling or suspicion of; think possible: The police suspect arson.
—v.i.
4. To have suspicions.
—adjective (sus′pekt) Suspected; exciting suspicion.
—noun (sus′pekt) A person suspected of a crime or other action. [<F suspecter <L suspectus, pp. of suspicere look under, mistrust <sub-from under + specere look]
—sus·pect′er noun Synonyms (verb): conjecture, distrust, doubt, mistrust, surmise. See DOUBT, GUESS.