misstänkt

misstänkt

Suspect or suspicious.

Here, 'misstänkt' is used as a noun referring to a person who is suspected of an activity, likely a crime.

Polisen grep en misstänkt person.

The police arrested a suspect.

Here, 'misstänkte' is the past tense of the verb 'misstänka', meaning 'to suspect'. It refers to the act of having suspicion about something.

Revisorn misstänkte att det fanns fel i bokföringen.

The accountant suspected that there were errors in the accounting records.

In this example, 'misstänkt' is used as an adjective describing something that arouses suspicion, in this case, the behavior of not responding to calls.

Det verkar misstänkt att han inte svarar på samtalen.

It seems suspicious that he doesn't answer the calls.