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noun

plural of suspect
as in defendants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of suspect
1
as in guesses
to form an opinion from little or no evidence we suspected that the runaway was a little younger than the 16 she claimed to be—more like 13

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as in doubts
to have no trust or confidence in I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him

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Recent Examples of suspects
Noun
Two suspects hit several businesses in the Fairfax District early Tuesday morning, with one suspect in police custody. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 6 May 2026 Deem fired his weapon at the suspects, but no injuries were reported, and the disturbance suspect has not been apprehended. — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025 One of the suspects was found guilty of first-degree murder in June 2021, among a list of other charges, while the other suspect pleaded guilty in early 2020 to 17 counts, including murder charges. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
As for why only a small fraction of cells become cannibalistic, Larson suspects that there may be an evolutionary balance point based on some tradeoffs and constraints. — Jay Kakade july 23, Refractor, 23 July 2026 Given the unusual circumstances, Wells’ family suspects something nefarious could have happened to him and been covered up. — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 Anyone who has information regarding or suspects human trafficking can also call their local FBI office, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center or their local police department. — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 Kennedy said the administration suspects much of the questionable California spending involves in-home services. — Ahmed Aboulenein, USA Today, 21 July 2026 Given the number of people involved in the current outbreak already, Mandrell suspects there may be multiple sources of contamination, since this is the time that the parasite generally flourishes. — Alice Park, Time, 17 July 2026 Then ask what the bank does when an employee suspects financial exploitation. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 Thousands of California drivers are being required to retake their knowledge tests because the Department of Motor Vehicles suspects them of cheating. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 And, as with seemingly every modern problem, one suspects social media is at least partly to blame here. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspects
  1. defendants
  2. guesses
  3. doubts
  4. culprits
  5. assumes
  6. questions
  7. criminals
  8. supposes
Noun
  • The negligence lawsuit names FDOT and 14 companies as defendants.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Emily Moreno and Zashin are the subjects of Miller’s defamation lawsuit, which alleged the defendants disseminated domestic abuse allegations that were then published by national and regional news outlets.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
Definition of defendants
Verb
  • In addition to being a fun interactive guessing game, the company said the cookie lover who guesses the flavor correctly will win a $25,000 grand prize.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • When a student misses twice, guesses rapidly, or reveals a misconception, StarSpark can interrupt the assignment, teach the relevant concept, provide additional practice, and then return the student to the original question.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of guesses
Verb
  • The monastic Wiesler eventually comes to believe Dreyman is harmless and in the process doubts the very foundations of autocracy itself.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
  • Kerr doubts his name will remain atop the record books for another 27 years.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of doubts
Noun
  • Learn what brown patch is, what other culprits can cause brown patches in a lawn, and how to make those unsightly brown patches in your lawn disappear.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 26 July 2026
  • For almost three months the source of the infection remained a mystery and Americans were warned that fresh fruits, vegetables and greens, which had been culprits in the past, were the most common sources.
    — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Definition of culprits
Verb
  • Every layer of the stack assumes shopping is scarce and expensive.
    — Abhinav Sinha, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The report assumes that similar gangs are operating on the same scale everywhere—even in places where no such activity has ever surfaced.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Definition of assumes
Verb
  • However, the article questions this approach, arguing drones can still succeed by causing disruption even if defeated, and calls for more proactive air dominance against evolving drone threats.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • The director is a descendant of the First Nations, and the film questions the colonial myth of what is beyond the frontier and how this myth still affects people.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of questions
Noun
  • That gives criminals several ways to target you, even when your Paidwork balance was nearly empty.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Cyber criminals are using highly convincing counterfeit audio, video, and identity fabrications as tools in ways that conventional detection methods will fail to identify.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of criminals
Verb
  • But that view wrongly supposes that Abundance was meant to be its own electoral lane.
    — Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
  • Of course, this pre-supposes that Salah looks to leave Europe this summer as a free agent.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
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