Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.
Source: tatoeba (1956)
Suspect
//səˈspɛkt//
Synonyms for "suspect" (202 found)
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Verb(3 words)
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Verb(5 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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16 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
223 translations across 52 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- verdagte noun (person suspected of something)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- ὑπονοέω verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- ὑπονοέω verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- ὑποπτεύω verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- ὑποτοπέω verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Arabic
3 entries- مَشْبُوه noun (person suspected of something)
- مُشْتَبَه بِهِ noun (person suspected of something)
- ...اِشْتَبَهَ بِ verb (believe to be guilty)
Armenian
1 entries- կասկածյալ noun (person suspected of something)
Belarusian
4 entries- падазрава́ная noun (person suspected of something)
- падазрава́ны noun (person suspected of something)
- западо́зрыць verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- западо́зрыць verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подозрителен adj (viewed with suspicion)
- заподозря́н noun (person suspected of something)
- подози́рам verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- подози́рам verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Catalan
4 entries- sospitós adj (viewed with suspicion)
- sospitar verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- sospitar verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- sospitar verb (believe to be guilty)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 嫌疑人 noun (person suspected of something)
- 嫌疑犯 noun (person suspected of something)
- 嫌疑 verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- 嫌疑 verb (believe to be guilty)
Czech
4 entries- podezřelý adj (viewed with suspicion)
- podezřelý noun (person suspected of something)
- podezírat verb (believe to be guilty)
- podezřívat verb (believe to be guilty)
Danish
4 entries- mistænkelig adj (viewed with suspicion)
- mistænkt noun (person suspected of something)
- ha en mistanke verb (have suspicion)
- mistro verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Dutch
4 entries- verdachte noun (person suspected of something)
- betwijfelen verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- iets verdacht vinden verb (have suspicion)
- twijfelen aan verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Esperanto
2 entries- suspektato noun (person suspected of something)
- suspekti verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Finnish
4 entries- epäilyksenalainen adj (viewed with suspicion)
- epäilyttävä adj (viewed with suspicion)
- epäilty noun (person suspected of something)
- epäillä verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
French
4 entries- suspect adj (viewed with suspicion)
- suspect noun (person suspected of something)
- soupçonner verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- soupçonner verb (believe to be guilty)
Galician
4 entries- sospeitoso adj (viewed with suspicion)
- sospeitoso noun (person suspected of something)
- osmar verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- sospeitar verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Georgian
4 entries- საეჭვო adj (viewed with suspicion)
- ეჭვმიტანილი noun (person suspected of something)
- დამნაშავედ მიიჩნევს verb (believe to be guilty)
- ეჭვს მიიტანს verb (believe to be guilty)
German
4 entries- verdächtig adj (viewed with suspicion)
- Verdächtige noun (person suspected of something)
- Verdächtiger noun (person suspected of something)
- einen Verdacht haben verb (have suspicion)
Greek
4 entries- ύποπτος adj (viewed with suspicion)
- ύποπτη noun (person suspected of something)
- ύποπτος noun (person suspected of something)
- υποπτεύομαι verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָשׁוּד m חֲשׁוּדָה noun (person suspected of something)
Hindi
4 entries- संदिग्ध noun (person suspected of something)
- संदिग्ध verb (believe to be guilty)
- संदेह verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- संदेह verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyanús adj (viewed with suspicion)
- gyanúsított noun (person suspected of something)
- gyanakodik verb (have suspicion)
- gyanakszik verb (have suspicion)
Ido
1 entries- suspektito noun (person suspected of something)
Irish
4 entries- amhrasach adj (viewed with suspicion)
- amhrastach noun (person suspected of something)
- amhras a bheith agat verb (have suspicion)
- amhras a bheith agat ar verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Italian
3 entries- sospettare verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- sospettare verb (believe to be guilty)
- sospettare verb (have suspicion)
Japanese
2 entries- 被疑者 noun (person suspected of something)
- 疑う verb (believe to be guilty)
Javanese
2 entries- cubriya verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- nyubriyani verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- deskonfiá verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- deskonfiá verb (have suspicion)
- diskunfia verb (distrust, have doubts about)
- diskunfia verb (have suspicion)
Khmer
1 entries- ពិរុទ្ធជន noun (person suspected of something)
Korean
2 entries- 용의자 noun (person suspected of something)
- 의심하다 verb (believe to be guilty)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кушуу verb (have suspicion)
Latin
1 entries- suspiciō verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Macedonian
4 entries- сомнителен adj (viewed with suspicion)
- осомничен noun (person suspected of something)
- осомничена noun (person suspected of something)
- претпоставува verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ane verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
- ane verb (have suspicion)
Occitan
1 entries- suspècte noun (person suspected of something)
Old English
1 entries- rǣswan verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Oromo
1 entries- shakkuu verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شبههلنمك verb (have suspicion)
Persian
1 entries- مَظنون noun (person suspected of something)
Polish
4 entries- podejrzany adj (viewed with suspicion)
- podejrzana noun (person suspected of something)
- podejrzany noun (person suspected of something)
- podejrzewać verb (believe to be guilty)
Portuguese
4 entries- suspeito adj (viewed with suspicion)
- suspeita noun (person suspected of something)
- suspeito noun (person suspected of something)
- suspeitar verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Romanian
4 entries- suspect adj (viewed with suspicion)
- bănuit noun (person suspected of something)
- suspect noun (person suspected of something)
- bănui verb (believe to be guilty)
Russian
4 entries- подозри́тельный adj (viewed with suspicion)
- подозрева́емая noun (person suspected of something)
- подозрева́емый noun (person suspected of something)
- заподо́зрить verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Slovene
1 entries- sumiti verb (believe to be guilty)
Spanish
4 entries- sospechoso adj (viewed with suspicion)
- suspecto adj (viewed with suspicion)
- sospechoso noun (person suspected of something)
- barruntar verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Swahili
1 entries- mshukiwa noun (person suspected of something)
Swedish
4 entries- misstänkt adj (viewed with suspicion)
- suspekt adj (viewed with suspicion)
- misstänkt noun (person suspected of something)
- ana verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Telugu
3 entries- అనుమానితుడు noun (person suspected of something)
- అనుమానితురాలు noun (person suspected of something)
- అనుమానించు verb (believe to be guilty)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้ต้องสงสัย noun (person suspected of something)
Turkish
1 entries- varsaymak verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Ukrainian
4 entries- підозрі́лий adj (viewed with suspicion)
- підо́зрювана noun (person suspected of something)
- підо́зрюваний noun (person suspected of something)
- запідо́зрити verb (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghi phạm noun (person suspected of something)
Yiddish
1 entries- חושד זײַן verb (distrust, have doubts about)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.
Source: tatoeba (1973)
We all suspect him of murder.
Source: tatoeba (23128)
Doctors suspect smoking has lot to do with cancer.
Source: tatoeba (27990)
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