Suspected I Suspect Səˈspekt Suspecting Verb Real Policeman

• as i had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman.
• if you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
• suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap.
• i didn’t want the neighbours suspecting anything.

suspect

Verb Forms

1. to have an idea that something is probably true or likely to happen, especially something bad, but without having definite proof
• As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman.
• If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
• Suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap.
• I didn’t want the neighbours suspecting anything.
• I began to suspect (that) they were trying to get rid of me.
• I strongly suspect (that) this whole story is fictional.
• She had no reason to suspect (that) Sylvia had not been telling the truth.
• I suspect (that) she might be lying.
• It was suspected that the drugs had been brought into the country by boat.
• She suspected him to be an impostor.

Extra Examples

• He immediately suspected the worst.
• It was widely suspected that the cadets had been acting on orders.
• I would suspect that they're running short of money by now.
• It was just as she had suspected: the letters had been stolen.
2. to have an idea that somebody is guilty of something, without having definite proof
• He resigned after being suspected of theft.
• He is not suspected of any involvement in the recent attacks.
• He was wrongly suspected of the crime.
• They arrested four men suspected of links to an extremist group.
• I suspected her of damaging the equipment.
• The drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths.
• Whom do the police suspect?
3. to feel that something is not completely right, legal or honest, without having any proof; to not trust something
• I suspected her motives in offering to help.
• He dealt through a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect.

Word Origin

• Middle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.