alleged

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alleged

/əˈlɛdʒd/
/əˈlɛdʒɪd/

Rhymes with -ɛdʒd

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of allege

adjective

not comparable Asserted (or supposed), but not proved. alleged crime
Similar: presumed

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: supposed, declared, so-called, questionable, purportedly, purported, assumption, self-styled, possible, self-proclaimed, supposedly, presumptive, asserted, putative, presumed, implied

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adj asserted

Español	supuesto, alegado, asertado
中文	涉嫌的 shèxián de, 聲稱的 /声称的 shēngchēng de, 斷言的 /断言的 duànyán de
Português	alegado
Français	supposé
Deutsch	mutmaßlich
Italiano	asserito
Ελληνικά	τάχα tácha
Română	presupus
Русский	утвержда́емый utverždájemyj

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@misc{alleged_2026,
  title = {alleged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alleged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}