What is the meaning of suspect?

noun

• Someone who is under suspicion.
• A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused.
  • synonyms: defendant

verb

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

adjective

• Not as expected.
  • usage: "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
  • synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspicious