suspect

soupçonner, supposer

Penser que quelque chose est probablement vrai sans en avoir la certitude.

En anglais simple : To think something is probably true, without knowing for certain.

• I suspect you're right.
• The doctor suspected a problem with his heart.
• We had suspected this would happen.

Comment l'utiliser : suspect (that) ... (I suspect that she knows more than she says.); suspect something (The doctor suspected an infection.)

Synonymes : think, suppose, imagine

Expressions courantes : suspect a problem, suspect that something, suspect the truth, suspect an infection

soupçonner, suspecter

Penser qu'une personne a fait quelque chose de mal ou qu'une chose a causé des dommages.

En anglais simple : To think someone has done something wrong, or that something has caused harm.

• The police suspect her brother.
• They suspected the drug of causing liver damage.
• Who do you suspect of breaking the window?

Comment l'utiliser : suspect someone/something of something/doing something (Police suspect him of stealing the money.)

Expressions courantes : suspect someone, suspect foul play, suspect someone of something

se méfier, douter

Ne pas être sûr qu'une personne ou une chose soit honnête, fiable ou vraie.

En anglais simple : To feel unsure whether someone or something is honest, reliable, or true.

• I suspect his motives.
• She began to suspect the truth of his story.
• They had always suspected the reliability of those figures.

Synonymes : distrust, doubt, mistrust

Contraires : trust

Expressions courantes : suspect someone's motives, suspect someone's honesty, suspect the truth

suspect

Personne soupçonnée d'un crime, ou personne ou chose considérée comme la cause possible d'un problème.

En anglais simple : A person believed to have committed a crime, or someone or something believed to have caused a problem.

• Police arrested a suspect.
• The detectives questioned three suspects about the theft.
• A faulty cable is the main suspect in the power failure.

Comment l'utiliser : a suspect in something (He is a suspect in the robbery.)

Expressions courantes : prime suspect, murder suspect, question a suspect, suspect in something

suspect, douteux

Qui pourrait être faux, malhonnête, dangereux ou susceptible de poser des problèmes.

En anglais simple : Possibly false, dishonest, unsafe, or likely to cause problems.

• Those figures look suspect.
• Police found a suspect package at the station.
• The evidence used against her was highly suspect.

Synonymes : questionable, dubious, suspicious

Contraires : trustworthy, reliable

Expressions courantes : suspect evidence, a suspect package, highly suspect, suspect claims