alleged

pronunciation

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Adjective:

declared but not proved
doubtful or suspect

Word Origin

alleged (adj.): mid-15c., "quoted," past participle adjective from allege. Attested from 1610s in sense of "brought forth in court;" 1670s as "asserted but not proved."

Synonym

adj.

insinuated suspicious suspect presumed doubtful dubious so-called purported

adj.

averred asserted indicted accused incriminated asseverated charged affirmed declared announced claimed attested

Example

1. The scale of his alleged $ 50 billion ponzi scheme is hard to comprehend .

2. Most uus know vaguely of the transcendentalists , their alleged pantheism , their love of nature , their intellectual and literary power .

3. No wonder airlines such as lufthansa keep sniping at dubai and its alleged " subsidies " .

4. On the united states treasury department 's blacklist of alleged collaborators with the drug trade .

5. The atmosphere has worsened since the un 's secretary-general , ban ki-moon , decided in march to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged war crimes .

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