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Meanings of suspicious in English

Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

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Not as expected.

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Usage of suspicious in English
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Mr Ross said police wanted to hear of any other suspicious activity.
Radio NZ
2
A former Nauru justice minister says a planned constitutional change is suspicious.
Radio NZ
3
Xavier gave her a suspicious look but allowed the change of subject.
Once bitten, twice dead
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Structuring is the suspicious activity that banks most often report to authorities.
Reuters
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Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything suspicious to come forward.
The Irish Times
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The problem with war was that it made us all so suspicious.
La's orchestra saves the world
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Swedbank also failed to report suspicious transactions and activities, the report said.
Reuters
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As a result, suspicious MRI lesions were superimposed onto the TRUS data.
Pubmed
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President Theodore Roosevelt had reason to be suspicious of New York City.
New york: the novel
10
Maybe she really wanted to check for anything suspicious in the food.
Venus In Copper
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Tears sounded in the voices, showed in suspicious redness round the eyes.
The Lady of the Basement Flat
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At this stage they said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances.
Radio NZ
13
They have asked the public in Invercargill to report any suspicious activity.
Radio NZ
14
The IRA last night admitted responsibility for the bombs and suspicious devices.
The Irish Times
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She was small and neatly suspicious and too good for her position.
A Farewell to Arms
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I must have said something wrong because Jacki's expression become instantly suspicious.
A knife edge
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Suspicious across language varieties
Ireland
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New Zealand
Common
South Africa
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