suspect

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To surmise to be true or probable; imagine: I suspect they are very disappointed.
2. v. To have doubts about; distrust: I suspect his motives.
3. v. To think (a person) guilty without proof: The police suspect her of murder.
4. v. To have suspicion.
5. n. One who is suspected, especially of having committed a crime.
6. adj. Open to or viewed with suspicion: a suspect policy; suspect motives.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To imagine to exist; have a vague or slight opinion of the existence of, often on weak or trivial evidence; mistrust; surmise.
2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence or without proof.
3. To hold to be uncertain; doubt; mistrust; distrust.
4. To look up to; respect; esteem.
5. To imagine guilt, danger, or the like; be suspicious.
6. Suspected; suspicious.
7. Doubtful; uncertain.
8. n. A suspected person; one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like.
9. n. Something suspicious; something causing suspicion.
10. n. Suspicion.
11. n. A vague or slight opinion.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence.
2. v. transitive To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
3. v. transitive To believe (someone) to be guilty.
4. v. intransitive To have suspicion.
5. n. A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
6. adj. To be viewed with suspicion.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. obsolete Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
2. adj. obsolete Suspected; distrusted.
3. n. obsolete Suspicion.
4. n. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
5. v. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong.
6. v. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof.
7. v. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct.
8. v. obsolete To look up to; to respect.
9. v. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. imagine to be the case or true or probable
2. adj. not as expected
3. n. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
4. v. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
5. v. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
6. n. someone who is under suspicion