Admit and Suspect

Admit

Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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Suspect and admit are semantically related in think topic. In some cases you can use "Suspect" instead a verb "Admit".

Suspect verb - To form an opinion from little or no evidence.

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Admit and suspect are semantically related in think topic. Sometimes you can use "Admit" instead a verb "Suspect".

Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting

part	admit part	suspect part
idea	admit idea	suspect idea
truth	admit truth	suspect truth
name	admit name	suspect name
Other words: time, way, identity, story, existence.

They suspect Turnbull would be open to lying in the prospect's favor, so they say the wife claimed he left in December instead, knowing the boss would either admit reluctantly she was telling the truth, or claim she was lying and admit the recruit left in July.

Source: Lying to the Perp
On a related note, while the lawyers themselves aren't actively malicious, a suspect asking for one is usually a sign to both the audience and the characters that they're guilty of something they don't want to admit to.

Source: Amoral Attorney
Pull the Thread - a standard goal of interrogating a suspect is to get them to admit to a small thing and proceeding from there until their story falls apart.

Source: Series / The First 48

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