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What (who) is suspicion - definition
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Suspicion (movie); Suspicions; Suspicious; Suspicion (disambiguation); Suspicion (song); Suspicion (film); The Suspicion; Suspiciously; Suspicion (TV series)
suspicion
n.
suspecting
mistrust
1) to arouse, cause, create, evoke, sow, stir (a) suspicion
2) to entertain, harbor, have a suspicion
3) to confirm a suspicion
4) to cast suspicion on
5) to allay, dispel suspicion
6) a groundless, unfounded suspicion
7) a lingering, lurking; slight, sneaking; strong; vague suspicion
8) a suspicion about, of (there was some suspicion about her motives)
9) suspicion falls on smb.
10) a suspicion that + clause (these events confirmed my strong suspicion that he is guilty)
11) above suspicion ('not suspected')
12) on suspicion of (arrested on suspicion of murder)
13) under suspicion ('suspected')
14) (misc.) a cloud of suspicion
slight trace
15) a suspicion of (not even the slightest suspicion of scandal)
suspicion
(suspicions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Suspicion or a suspicion is a belief or feeling that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong.
There was a suspicion that this runner attempted to avoid the procedures for dope testing...
The police said their suspicions were aroused because Mr Owens had other marks on his body...
Scotland Yard had assured him he was not under suspicion...
N-VAR: oft N that, N of n, under N, on N of n
2.
If there is suspicion of someone or something, people do not trust them or consider them to be reliable.
...the traditional British suspicion of psychotherapy...
He may have had some suspicions of Michael Foster, the editor of the journal...
N-VAR: oft N of n
3.
A suspicion is a feeling that something is probably true or is likely to happen.
I have a sneaking suspicion that they are going to succeed...
N-COUNT: oft N that
4.
A suspicion of something is a very small amount of it. (WRITTEN)
...large blooms of white with a suspicion of pale pink.
= hint
N-SING: usu N of n
suspicion
¦ noun
1. a feeling that something is possible or likely.
a feeling or belief that someone is guilty of an illegal or dishonest action.
2. cautious distrust.
3. a very slight trace: a suspicion of a smile.
Phrases
above suspicion too good or honest to be thought capable of wrongdoing.
under suspicion suspected of wrongdoing.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. suspeciun, from med. L. suspectio(n-), from suspicere 'mistrust'.
Wikipedia
Suspicion
Suspicion is a feeling of mistrust.
Suspicion(s), The Suspicion, or Suspicious may also refer to:
Examples of use of suspicion
1. Two of them were arrested on suspicion of murder and the others on suspicion of violent disorder.
2. Like Caesar‘s wife, democracy promotion must not only be above suspicion; it must be seen to be above suspicion.
3. Secret Prisons, rendition, the suspicion of torture.
4. Joseph Melcher, 25, of Redwood City, was arrested shortly after the shootings Saturday night, and was booked on suspicion of homicide, suspicion of attempted homicide and suspicion of assault with a firearm.
5. During those years, Oren Korido was arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting minors, released and later re–arrested on suspicion of raping a minor.