suspicious character

A dubious, suspicious, or potentially immoral or unlawful person. The security guard caught a suspicious character hanging around the back entrance to the warehouse. I've always thought he was a bit of a suspicious character, so I was a bit nervous when Janet said she was going to work for him.

See also: character, suspicious

See also:

shady character
suspicious
shady deal
shady past
cat around
fishy story
fishy
be fishy
bene cull
cull

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