suspicion

suspicion
sus|pi|cion [səˈspıʃən] n
[Date: 1200-1300; : Latin; Origin: suspicio, from suspicere; SUSPECT1]
1.) [U and C]
a feeling you have that someone is probably guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest
▪ I can't say for definite who did it, but I certainly have my suspicions .
▪ Police suspicions were confirmed when the stolen property was found in his flat.
▪ I wondered how I could leave early without arousing anyone's suspicions .
on suspicion of (doing) sth
▪ She was arrested on suspicion of murder.
under suspicion
▪ He felt he was still under suspicion.
▪ Mitchell later came under suspicion of assaulting two young girls.
above/beyond suspicion
▪ She felt that she ought to be above suspicion (=so honest that no one could think that she had done anything wrong) .
2.) [U and C]
a feeling that you do not trust someone
▪ She always treated us with suspicion .
▪ People moving into the area are often regarded with suspicion .
3.)
a feeling you have that something is true, especially something bad
suspicion (that)
▪ I have a suspicion that the local authority may be planning to close the school.
▪ She was left with a sneaking suspicion (=a small suspicion) that Steven was not telling the truth.
4.) a suspicion of sth
formal a very small amount of something that you can only just see, hear, or taste
▪ I could see the faintest suspicion of a tear in her eyes.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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