## Meanings
1. To think that something is probably true, often something bad.
2. To believe that someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
3. A person who the police think may have committed a crime.
4. To have doubts about whether something or someone can be trusted.
5. Looked at with doubt; possibly false or dishonest.

## Examples
- I suspect they are hiding something from us.
- The police suspect him of being the thief.
- Detectives questioned three suspects about the robbery.
- She began to suspect the truth of his story.
- The evidence he offered was suspect from the start.

## Related Forms
- suspicion
- suspicious

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *speḱ-
- Root: suspect
- Root: suspectus

## Etymology
From Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, perfect passive participle of suspiciō (“mistrust, suspect”), from sub (“under”), + speciō (“watch, look at”).

## AI Etymology
Suspect is from Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, perfect passive participle of suspiciō (“mistrust, suspect”), from sub (“under”), + speciō (“watch, look at”). In present-day use, it can mean to think that something is probably true, often something bad, or to believe that someone is guilty of doing something wrong.

## Topics
- Crime & Justice

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