suspect

/səˈspekt/ verb [T]

Definition

CRIME › to think that someone may have committed a crime or done something bad: He was suspected of drug dealing. suspected terrorists

THINK LIKELY › to think that something is probably true, or is likely to happen: [+ (that)] They suspected that he was lying.

NOT TRUST › to not trust someone or something: She suspected his motives for offering to help.

(Definition of suspect verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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