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suspected
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspecting .] To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a suspected terrorist ▪ Coalition forces killed at least 20 suspected terrorists. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN heart ▪ Not for sleeping on, it was stressed, but for direst emergencies only, such as dying, birthing ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection" [ant: unsuspected ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Of something or one believed to be of cause or at fault. v (en-past of: suspect )
Usage examples of suspected.
Even without the brandy he suspected he would have opted for bed, being just too dog-tired.
Yolanda in a position of breaching confidences of his aiji and her captains, which he very much suspected she would resist.
He wondered if Kroger knew, and if Tabini knew, and suspected the dowager already did.
No one could invent those muddy shades on purpose: it was, Bren suspected what the extrusion medium tended to do with the dyes they injected to better a natural puce.
He suspected he knew the name she would not speak, even though he could not remember it himself.
Erik suspected Manfred could crunch clams without even bothering to open them.
The knights, she suspected, would obey the abbothowever reluctantlyif the priest who had actual authority here denied sanctuary to her and the children.
The Sots, though they might harass women they suspected of being whores in and around their own stronghold or inside churches, had not yet become brave enough to go after the Scarlet Women at their own doorsteps.
Caesare had never been sure, but he suspected that killing had been the one which finally tipped Fortunato Bespi over the edge.
And if the grotesquely brutal manner in which it killed the prey seemed obsessive, Dorma suspected that it was not.
He suspected, more and more, that the fiend killed in this manner simply because it came naturally.
Dorma suspected that the only reason the shopkeeper had heard anything was because he had been wide awake and, as often happened with elderly merchants, had become extraordinarily sensitive to the risk of burglary.
Two dead Matteoni brothers, with a third onethe one who had attacked him, whom he suspected had come on the scene laterslumped against the wall, staring at him with fogged eyes and a swaying head.
Lopez shouted somethingagain, in that odd language which Erik had thought was Greek but now suspected was something else entirelyand held the crucifix high.
Nine men who, Dorma had whispered briefly as they entered, represented the Senatebut Kat suspected were really, along with Dorma himself, the entire Council of Ten.