What is the meaning of suspected?

verb

  • Imagine to be the case or true or probable.
    • usage: "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
  • Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in.
  • Hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty.
    • usage: "The U. S. Suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

adjective

  • Believed likely.
    • usage: "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection"
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