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alleged Definition

al·leged (ə lejd, ə lejid)

adjective

  1. so declared, but without proof or legal conviction the alleged assassin
  2. called by this term, but perhaps improperly so; so-called his alleged friends

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alleged Usage Examples

Object

  • complainant: The complainant alleged that the alcohol type, which the complainant believed to be " Spirit " , was in small insignificant print.

Subject

  • party: However, a number of vertical concerns were alleged by third parties.

Infinitive complement

  • have: A comment is alleged to have been made about a security risk.

Modifying Another Word

  • falsely: My first trial was for the most falsely alleged crime of burning and demolishing, or assisting to burn and demolish.
  • subsequently: The bank which allegedly received emails from Massad's office was subsequently alleged to have been involved in all manner of shady dealings.
  • sometimes: And there is no such great difficulty in doing this as is sometimes alleged.
  • frequently: Verbal: talk, chat; frequently alleged lies by detectives about prisoners, usually in court.
  • also: The paper also alleged he had e-mailed sexually explicit messages to the man.
  • often: This is not docetism, as is so often alleged, but the very opposite.

Preposition: that

  • defendant: She also acts in cases where it is alleged that the defendant 's medical team negligently treated the claimant.
  • Mrs: It was alleged that Mrs G and Mr H ( N ) were injured by the use of the hoist in the home.
  • applicant: They also alleged that the applicants had no bona fide intention to use the mark over the full range of the goods specified.
  • company: HSE had alleged that both companies had failed in their duty of care toward Mr Burchett by exposing him to risks to his safety.