Definitions For Suspect
noun
- A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
- Someone who is under suspicion
- A person who is believed to be possibly guilty of committing a crime
- A thing that is thought of as a possible cause of something bad
verb
- Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- Imagine to be the case or true or probable
- Hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- To think that (someone) is possibly guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong
- To think that (something) is possibly the cause of something bad
- To think that (a crime) has possibly been committed
adjective
- Not as expected
Is Suspects a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15
The word Suspect is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Suspect in a Sentence
- The room had a suspect odor.
- Since she was carrying no cash or credit cards, her claim to the store's detectives that she had intended to pay for the items was suspect
- One suspect has been arrested.
- She is a possible suspect in connection with the kidnapping.
- The prime suspect for the food poisoning is the potato salad.
- He's suspected in four burglaries.
- The police do not suspect murder in this case.
- The fire chief suspects arson.