# suspects

Pronunciation: say "SUS-pekts" /ˈsʌs.pɛkts/

## Noun

1. Plural of suspect. — plural of suspect
   - Simple: Plural of suspect. Use this form when you mean more than one person the police think did a crime.
   - _Detectives narrowed the field to two suspects within a week._
   - _All the suspects had alibis for the night of the break-in._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "suh-SPEKTS" /səˈspɛkts/

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of suspect. — third-person singular simple present indicative of suspect
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of suspect. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The detective suspects the witness is hiding something._
   - _Everyone on the team suspects the leak came from inside the office._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/suspects (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).