Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #1283 of 1319

suspect (n.)

a person thought guilty

Examples

  • A prime suspect.

Key rules

  • A suspect is a person thought to be guilty of a crime
  • A prime suspect, a suspect in the case
  • Suspect is countable

Common mistakes

  • The suspects was arrested → The suspect was arrested
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