Synonyms for alleged

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-lejd, uh-lej-id

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɛdʒd, əˈlɛdʒ ɪd

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Définition of alleged

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

adj asserted, often doubtful

Example sentences :

But let us pass from scientific speculations to alleged scientific facts.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

Each day he alleged the necessity of conferring with the woman.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

The booth was decorated with some of his alleged masterpieces.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

Of the two, it was alleged that it was better to preserve the one, at Paris.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

Grievances of Ireland, examination of the alleged, 701the true, 708.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various

It is alleged that the last 1,000 votes should not be counted.
Extract from : « The Electoral Votes of 1876 » by David Dudley Field

Should I have acted thus if I had been upon such an errand as is alleged?
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

The only justification they alleged was that your governor had authorised this conduct.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

There is, it may be alleged, a native as well as an acquired taste.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

One word as to the alleged "intolerance of the fanatic Orangemen of Belfast."
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

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