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suspect

n. someone who is under suspicion

accused, defendant

n. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

surmise

v. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

distrust, mistrust

v. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

believe culpable, believe guilty

v. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

think probable, imagine to be true, imagine to be the case

v. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

doubt, distrust

v. suspect to be false

hold in suspicion, believe to be guilty

v. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

queer, shady, funny, fishy, suspicious

adj. not as expected; "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"

speculate, indulge in speculations

v. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

say, suppose

v. express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

guesstimate

v. estimate based on a calculation

guess, infer

v. guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

try, judge, adjudicate

v. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

dispute, challenge, gainsay

v. take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

challenge, issue a challenge to

v. issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

waver, quaver

v. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

assume, presume

v. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"

disreputable

adj. lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

untrustworthy, untrusty

adj. not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

skulking, sneak, surreptitious, stealthy, furtive, hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner, sneaky, underhand

adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

improbable, unlikely

adj. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"

dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable

adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

alleged, so-called

adj. doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"

apocryphal

adj. being of questionable authenticity

disputed, challenged, questioned

adj. subject to disagreement and debate

dubious, debatable, problematic, problematical

adj. open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"

doubtful, dubitable, in question

adj. open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney

impugnable

adj. subject to being discredited

self-styled

adj. as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"

plaintiff, complainant

n. a person who brings an action in a court of law

trust, rely on, rely upon, bank on, confide in, swear by, have confidence in, have faith in

v. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

confide, reveal in private, tell confidentially

v. reveal in private; tell confidentially

acknowledge, recognize, know

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

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