alleged
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- adjective
- /əˈlɛdʒd/
- Literature
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supuesto
- Maybe because of family influence or sentimental or alleged sentimental value.
- alleged victim
- alleged conspirators
- alleged affair
One article talked about this alleged suspect as a neighbor.
- One article talked about this alleged suspect as a neighbor.
- This is the party of alleged family values.
- All of us here are living through an alleged age of revolution.
- Your alleged team has gone in, it's gone off.
- Hindenburg described their view of this alleged arrangement as Ponzi like.
- Market Street's alleged failure was one of non disclosure.
- So this was one of the alleged victims.
- So a lot of parents don't want to vaccinate their kids because of the alleged link to autism.
- Dave, the alleged informant in this case, has gone missing.
Examples
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One article talked about this alleged suspect as a neighbor.
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The staff review alleged no wrongdoing at all.
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This is the party of alleged family values.
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All of us here are living through an alleged age of revolution.
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Market Street's alleged failure was one of non disclosure.
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But what he ended up writing about, after a series of interviews... was my alleged love affair with my coach.
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But then we have pyramids that are alleged to have been built across South America.
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Witches were often poorer than their alleged victims.
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They're giving alleged criminals cash and vacations.
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The police investigated the alleged fraud that had taken place at the local bank.
Synonyms
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Showing doubt about a name or title
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Not supported by facts or proof
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No one has checked it to see if it is true
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Not proved by other facts or evidence
No official source or written record confirms it
Thought to be true but often doubted
People generally think someone or something has a certain quality without proof
Said or claimed but maybe not true
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Alleged comes from the verb allege, from an old Latin word meaning 'to bring forward' or 'to say' in court, and it is the same root behind allegation. So something alleged is a claim that has been 'brought forward' but not yet proved.