sus‧pect‧ed /səˈspektəd, səˈspektɪd/ adjective [only before noun]
[Word Family: adjective: suspect, suspected, unsuspecting, suspicious; noun: suspect, suspicion; verb: suspect; adverb: suspiciously]

1. suspected burglar/terrorist/spy etc someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime:
a suspected child-killer

2. if you have a suspected illness or injury, doctors think that you might have it but do not know for certain:
He was taken to hospital after a suspected heart attack.

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