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alleged

/əˈlɛdʒd/

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What does alleged mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of allege

adjective

  1. Asserted (or supposed), but not proved.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈlɛdʒd/

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Modern psychology, it may be, will endeavor to reduce these alleged necromancies within a system, instead of rejecting them as altogether fabulous.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
It has been alleged as a slur upon Mrs. B's results and character that she has been twice prosecuted by the police.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Vital MessageProject Gutenberg ebook #439
More book examples (3)
She then alleged the parentage was so and so, but this matter was in turn looked up and found to be false.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
They tell us, also, that Catulus himself alleged this in vindication of his honor, accusing, in various ways, the enviousness of Marius.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
We have already referred to the claim alleged to have been made by Anaxagoras that snow is not really white, but black.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705