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suspect

/səˈspɛkt/ verb B2
  1. To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof. (transitive) · to suspect the presence of disease
  2. To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone). (transitive) · to suspect the truth of a story
  3. To believe (someone) to be guilty. (transitive) · I suspect him of being the thief.
  4. To have suspicion. (intransitive)

He/she/it suspects · Past suspected · Past participle suspected · -ing form suspecting

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Verb forms

Base form
suspect
He/she/it
suspects
Past
suspected
Past participle
suspected
-ing form
suspecting

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Policar Morrel, who served under the other government, and who does not altogether conceal what he thinks on the subject, you are strongly suspected of regretting the abdication of Napoleon.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 37 · C1
Then the king, who, without our suspecting it, had overheard our conversation, interrupted us by saying, ‘Villefort’—observe that the king did not pronounce the word Noirtier, but, on the contrary, placed considerable emphasis on that of Villefort—‘Villefort,’ said his majesty, ‘is a young man of great judgment and discretion, who will be sure to make a figure in his profession; I like him much, and it gave me great pleasure to hear that he was about to become the son-in-law of the Marquis and Marquise de Saint-Méran.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 52 · C1
He smelled around the stuffed man as if he suspected there might be a nest of rats in the straw, and he often growled in an unfriendly way at the Scarecrow.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 19 · B2
But bear in mind, that should there fall in your way anyone guilty of conspiring against the government, you will be so much the more bound to visit the offence with rigorous punishment, as it is known you belong to a suspected family.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 46 · C1

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