Suspect things or people are ones that you think may be dangerous or may be less good or genuine than they appear. Delegates evacuated the building when a suspect package was found
imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story
A suspect is a person who the police or authorities think may be guilty of a crime. Police have arrested a suspect in a series of killings and sexual assaults in the city
not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
someone who is under suspicion imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
vagueness You use suspect when you are stating something that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct. I suspect they were right The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg Do women really share such stupid jokes? We suspect not
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused