suspicion
/səˈspɪʃən/ nounDefinition
ABOUT SOMEONE [C, U] › a feeling or belief that someone has done something wrong: They were arrested on suspicion of drug dealing. Several members of staff are under suspicion of stealing money.
ABOUT SOMETHING [C] › an idea that something may be true: [+ (that)] I had a sneaking suspicion that the two events might be connected.
(Definition of suspicion noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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