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Princeton's WordNet

  1. suspectedadjective

    believed likely

    "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection"

Wiktionary

  1. suspectedadjective

    Of something or one believed to be of cause or at fault.

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  1. suspected

    Suspected generally refers to the belief or thought that someone is likely to be guilty of or responsible for a particular action or event, especially something wrong or illegal, but without having definite proof. It can also refer to the idea or impression that a particular situation exists or is likely to exist, even if it's not yet confirmed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Suspected

    of Suspect

  2. Suspectedadjective

    distrusted; doubted

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suspected in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suspected in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of suspected in a Sentence

  1. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi:

    Today's historic agreement increases oversight and transparency to systemically change how the archdiocese protects children and responds to suspected incidents of child sexual abuse.

  2. Ron Johnson:

    The DHS was created to unify and improve coordinated efforts to defend our homeland. Refusing to allow armed ICE agents into a USCIS facility to detain a suspected terrorist just a day after a deadly terrorist attack is disturbing.

  3. Jenny Cashman:

    No one in town suspected that, everyone is kind of in shock about it.

  4. Peter Neumann:

    I think it's an absurd claim, it was not the cause of his radicalization. The reason the intelligence services harassed him was because they suspected him of trying to join the Shabaab in Somalia.

  5. Theodore Parker:

    Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

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