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suspect in English:

1. to think that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong



English word "suspect"(to think that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong) occurs in sets:

being arrested

2. think or believe that something is true or probable



English word "suspect"(think or believe that something is true or probable) occurs in sets:

7A Vocabulary

3. suspiciously


The background check on Tom turned up suspiciously little.
Tom looked at Mary suspiciously.
We sniffed at the food suspiciously.
She regarded me suspiciously.
Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.
This English essay is suspiciously good!
Please don't look at me suspiciously.

English word "suspect"(suspiciously) occurs in sets:

word formation 7

4. to think that someone is probably guilty of a crime



English word "suspect"(to think that someone is probably guilty of a crime) occurs in sets:

WORDLIST 9 TROUBLE

5. suspicious


He looks suspicious.
Tom and Mary gave exactly the same answers on the test which made the teacher suspicious.
If you see a suspicious person, please inform the police.
It was not what he said, but the way he said it that made me suspicious.
True and good friendship must not be suspicious of anything.
The story was too pat and I got rather suspicious.
In her right hand was gripped a suspicious looking rod that practically radiated "I'm a magical girl item".
Leaving your suspicious actions I've seen a mystery - are you trying to rob me of my sleep?
Some of his colleagues at work became suspicious OF his behaviour.
But when Jenny and Juan got married and their doughter Juanita was born the family stopped being suspicious.
It might look suspicious if we arrived together.
Hartley was suspicious that Vivienne loved another man.
I knew she killed that man! She had always looked suspicious to me.
1. He couldn't help being suspicious. / 2. Come back soon, or they'll get suspicious.
If you ask her too directly whether she has a friend, she will become suspicious and answer: "Why did you ask me that?".

English word "suspect"(suspicious) occurs in sets:

world building

6. someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime



7. to think or believe something to be true or probable



English word "suspect"(to think or believe something to be true or probable) occurs in sets:

UNIT 2 - another III

8. someone who may have committed a crime



English word "suspect"(someone who may have committed a crime) occurs in sets:

Cambridge do 07.2019

9. to think


to think strategically
to think aloud

10. sb who police think may be guilty