American English pronunciation
How to pronounce suspected
IPA transcription: [səs'pɛktəd]
Pronunciation variants: [səs'pɛktəd][səs'pɛktɪd]
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Verb
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imagine to be the case or true or probable
“I suspect he is a fugitive”
“I surmised that the butler did it”
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regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
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hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
“The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
Adjective
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believed likely
“a suspected thief”
“a suspected infection”
Usage examples
- Some women and underaged children were also included among those captured suspected paramilitaries.
- A discrete lesion was discovered in the pre-frontal cortex that was never suspected.
- Several works of the period whose author is unknown are suspected to be his.
- Poisoning was suspected.
- Suspected cases require urgent veterinary attention.
- A swinging-flashlight test may also be desirable if neurologic damage is suspected.
- Arson was suspected but never proven.
- Its spread is suspected to have been facilitated by defects in its drainage system.
- The movement even resorted to vigilante action against suspected claim jumpers.
- Previously the term 'Suspected "Illegal" Entry Vessel' was used.