[Ads-l] suspect, adj. (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sounds like the traditional "suspect" to me. i.e., "under suspicion."

JL

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
<william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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> Good Will Hunting (1997).  Chuckie (Ben Affleck) is impersonating Will (Matt Damon) in an interview, and is trying to get cash money from the interviewers.  They are reluctant.
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> "Let me tell you something.  You're suspect!  Yeah, you! I don't know what your reputation is in this town, but after the shit you tried to pull today you can bet I'll be looking into you. Now the business we have, heretofore, you can speak with my aforementioned attorney. Good day, gentlemen; and until that day comes, keep your ear to the grindstone."
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> https://youtu.be/-JBvfZTx-vs?t=47
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>> "Feeling suspicion; suspicious."
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>> Retired general on CNN:
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>> "I was suspect then, and I continue to be suspect."
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>> JL
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