suspect

suspect
I 1. ['sʌspekt]
nome persona f. sospetta, sospetto m. (-a)
2.
aggettivo [claim, person, vehicle, foodstuff] sospetto; [item] di provenienza sospetta, di dubbia provenienza
II [sə'spekt]
verbo transitivo
1) (believe) sospettare [murder, plot]

to suspect that — sospettare che

we strongly suspect that... — abbiamo o nutriamo il forte sospetto che...

it isn't, I suspect, a difficult task — a mio avviso, non è un compito difficile

2) (doubt) dubitare di [truth, motives]

he suspects nothing — non ha il minimo sospetto, non sospetta nulla

3) (have under suspicion) sospettare [person]
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1. [sə'spekt] verb
1) (to think (a person etc) guilty: Whom do you suspect (of the crime)?; I suspect him of killing the girl.) sospettare
2) (to distrust: I suspected her motives / air of honesty.) diffidare
3) (to think probable: I suspect that she's trying to hide her true feelings; I began to suspect a plot.) sospettare
2. noun
(a person who is thought guilty: There are three possible suspects in this murder case.) sospetto
3. adjective
(not trustworthy: I think his statement is suspect.) sospetto
- suspicious
- suspiciously
- suspiciousness
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suspect /ˈsʌspɛkt/
A n.
persona sospetta; sospetto; indiziato: The police arrested all the suspects, la polizia ha arrestato tutte le persone sospette
B a. pred.
sospetto; che dà motivo di sospettare; che desta diffidenza: The burglar's statement is suspect, la dichiarazione dello scassinatore è sospetta
the usual suspects, le solite facce; i soliti (nomi) noti.
♦ (to) suspect /səˈspɛkt/
v. t. e i.
1 sospettare; nutrire sospetti (su); essere sospettoso; diffidare (di); subodorare: I suspect him of stealing (o of the theft of) the silverware, lo sospetto d'aver rubato l' (o del furto dell') argenteria; I suspect danger, subodoro un pericolo; to suspect a plot, sospettare che si stia macchinando qualcosa; He is suspected of murder, lo sospettano d'aver commesso un assassinio
2 credere; immaginare; congetturare; presumere; supporre; reputare; avere il sospetto che: I suspect him to be (o that he is) the man we are looking for, ho il sospetto che sia lui l'uomo che cerchiamo; I suspect you don't care at all, immagino che non te ne importi nulla
● (leg.) the suspected killer, il presunto assassino □ (leg.) a suspected criminal, una persona sospetta; un sospetto; un indiziato.
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I 1. ['sʌspekt]
nome persona f. sospetta, sospetto m. (-a)
2.
aggettivo [claim, person, vehicle, foodstuff] sospetto; [item] di provenienza sospetta, di dubbia provenienza
II [sə'spekt]
verbo transitivo
1) (believe) sospettare [murder, plot]

to suspect that — sospettare che

we strongly suspect that... — abbiamo o nutriamo il forte sospetto che...

it isn't, I suspect, a difficult task — a mio avviso, non è un compito difficile

2) (doubt) dubitare di [truth, motives]

he suspects nothing — non ha il minimo sospetto, non sospetta nulla

3) (have under suspicion) sospettare [person]

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