Suspect
Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
Suspected; distrusted.
Suspicion.
One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
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 used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
To look up to; to respect.
To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
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Suspect Quotations
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
Oscar Wilde
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Henry David Thoreau
There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.
Henry David Thoreau
I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
J. D. Salinger
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Steven Wright
I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
Barack Obama
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.
Alfred Adler
I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.
Stephen Fry
If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.
Richard M. Nixon
Suspect Translations
suspect in Dutch is verdenken
suspect in Italian is dubitare, supporre, presentire
suspect in Portuguese is suspeito
suspect in Spanish is dudar, presumir, presentir
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