Meanings
verbpresuspect (third-person singular simple present presuspects, present participle presuspecting, simple past and past participle presuspected)
present singular third person presuspects · participle present presuspecting · participle past presuspected · past presuspected
- transitiveTo suspect before having grounds for suspicion.
[…] police had to be trained to see the young men they were tossing as deserving what they got, before they even did anything. They were taught to presuspect entire neighborhoods.
2017, Matt Taibbi, I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street (page 31)
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APA
presuspect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presuspect
MLA
“presuspect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presuspect. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presuspect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presuspect.
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