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suspect, suspect, suspicion
suspect (suh SPEKT) (verb)
1. To have doubts or to mistrust: "Jean told her mother, 'I suspect that the directions for the recipe were copied wrong because the pie was a disaster.' "
2. To imagine guilt based on slight evidence or proof: "The police suspect that the man with the raincoat and umbrella broke the window in the store."
2. To imagine guilt based on slight evidence or proof: "The police suspect that the man with the raincoat and umbrella broke the window in the store."
suspect (suh SPEKT) (noun)
An individual who is thought to have committed a crime: "Zora was the prime suspect in the shop lifting episode during the holidays."
suspicion (suh SPISH uhn) (noun)
1. Doubt, uncertainty; a state of unease in one's mind: "There was a shadow of suspicion in the mind of Officer Smith about what really happened during the break-in at the store."
2. Questioning that something is wrong without proof or evidence to that effect: "It is George's suspicion that the conclusion of the investigation is wrong because there appears to be an essential piece of information missing."
2. Questioning that something is wrong without proof or evidence to that effect: "It is George's suspicion that the conclusion of the investigation is wrong because there appears to be an essential piece of information missing."
The police woman, Mary Smith, had a suspicion that the man who was running away from the scene of the crime was a primary suspect in other robberies; however, she had learned to suspect snap judgments and so she decided to investigate the situation further.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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1. The act or an instance of suspecting a wrong, crime, or guilt, without sufficient evidence or proof.
2. The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing.
3. Uncertainty, doubt.
4. A minute amount; a trace; such as, a suspicion of garlic.
2. The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing.
3. Uncertainty, doubt.
4. A minute amount; a trace; such as, a suspicion of garlic.
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spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective
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