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suspect
suspect (a person thought to have committed a crime) /susˈpekt/
noun#1093 most common
Also: suspicious (adjectival use), person of interest
Example sentences
Poliția a arestat un suspect.
The police arrested a suspect.
Suspectul a fugit din oraș.
The suspect fled the city.
Poliția interoghează doi suspecți în acest caz.
The police are questioning two suspects in this case.
Avocatul suspectului a cerut eliberarea acestuia.
The suspect's lawyer requested his release.
Principalul suspect din acest dosar a fost pus sub supraveghere.
The main suspect in this file has been placed under surveillance.
Deși probele împotriva suspecților erau circumstanțiale, procurorul a decis să continue urmărirea penală.
Although the evidence against the suspects was circumstantial, the prosecutor decided to continue the criminal prosecution.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | suspect / suspectul | suspecți / suspecții |
| Genitive | unui suspect / suspectului | unor suspecți / suspecților |
| Accusative | (pe) un suspect / suspectul | (pe) niște suspecți / suspecții |
| Vocative | suspectule | suspecților |
Word family
Etymology
The word entered Romanian from French "suspect", which comes from Latin "suspectus", the past participle of "suspicere", meaning to look up at or to distrust. That Latin verb combines "sub-" (up from below, secretly) with "specere" (to look). The original sense was someone watched with wary eyes, which later narrowed to a person believed guilty of a crime.
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