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suss(1) (iou)



suss noun, adjective, & adverb. slang. Also sus. M20.
[Abbreviation of SUSPICION noun. In sense 3 from the verb.]
A. noun.
Suspicion of having committed a crime; suspicious behaviour, esp. loitering. Freq. in on suss. M20.
F. Forsyth You were in his section at the time he came under suss.
A suspected person, a police suspect. M20.
Know-how, savoir faire. L20.
Comb.: suss law Hist. the law (in force 1824-1981) under which a person could be arrested on suspicion of having committed a crime.
b. adjective. Suspicious, suspect; of questionable provenance. M20.
C. adverb. Suspiciously. M20.