sus·pect 1 /'səs-ˌpekt, sə-'spekt/ adj [Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub- sus- up, secretly + specere to look at]: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion or heightened scrutiny
sus·pect 2 /'səs-ˌpekt/ n: a person suspected of a crime; also: a person apprehended for but not yet charged with an offense
sus·pect 3 /sə-'spekt/ vt
1: to imagine (one) to be guilty on slight evidence or without proof
2: to imagine to exist or be probable
they had reasonable cause to suspect abuse
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.