Suspect vs. Victim

Suspectverb

(transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

Suspectverb

(transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

Suspectverb

(transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

Suspectverb

(intransitive) To have suspicion.

Suspectverb

To look up to; to respect.

Suspectnoun

A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

Suspectadjective

Viewed with suspicion; suspected.

Suspectadjective

(nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

Suspectadjective

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

Suspectadjective

Suspected; distrusted.

Suspectnoun

Suspicion.

Suspectnoun

One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; - formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

Suspectverb

To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; - commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.

Suspectverb

To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

Suspectverb

To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

Suspectverb

To look up to; to respect.

Suspectverb

To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

Suspectnoun

someone who is under suspicion

Suspectnoun

a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

Suspectverb

imagine to be the case or true or probable;

Suspectverb

regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

Suspectverb

hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty;

Suspectadjective

not as expected;

Suspect

In law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often use the word suspect as a jargon when referring to the perpetrator of the offense (perp in dated US slang).

Victimnoun

One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:

Victimnoun

One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.

Victimnoun

One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.

Victimnoun

One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.

Victimnoun

One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.

Victimnoun

A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.

Victimnoun

The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Victimnoun

A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

Victimnoun

A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.

Victimnoun

A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.

Victimnoun

Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.

Victimnoun

an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

Victimnoun

a person who is tricked or swindled