- 1that may be false and that cannot be relied on synonym questionable Some of the evidence they produced was highly suspect.
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- 2that you suspect to be dangerous or illegal synonym suspicious a suspect package (= one that may contain drugs, a bomb, etc.) a controlled explosion of a suspect device (= a bomb) suspect verbsuspected adjectivesuspicion nounsuspicious adjectivesuspiciously adverbsuspect noun adjective
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