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allegation Noun

— An allegation is a claim or a statement that is not proven and may or may not be true. The statement that our neighbor is a serial killer right now is an unconfirmed allegation. They were arrested on allegations of trying to tamper with the evidence.

allegation

— noun (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) an allegation of malpractice — noun statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

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accusation charge indictment denunciation lament grievance blame allegement accusal complaint claim imputation assertion declaration contention account thesis submission story statement report proposition professing presentment postulation plea objection matter lodgment lodgement demurrer demur counts conjecture cause case briefing averment attribution argument affirmation affair

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Tom has denied the allegation.

It's an absurd allegation.

Tom was fired over a sexual harassment allegation.

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I must ask you to withdraw that allegation.

But the prosecution will have to prove. every inch of its allegation. against a man like Janning if I'm to pronounce sentence on him.

Serious allegation, that is.

Now, the basic allegation is that Commander Straker has become obsessed with his command and must be removed.

Would you tell me what the allegation is?

And so say you all, right? Lieutenant, would you be kind enough to explain to me the basis for this preposterous allegation?

You have no proof of this absurd allegation.

However, Radio Peking subsequently denied the allegation.

We choose one of the five standard excuses to deal with each allegation.

You're making a very provocative allegation, Dr. Ruth.

The papers want a statement about the bribery allegation.

If Bruno Langlois is in the mood to deny the allegation, I will be happy to repeat it on the witness stand.

I am in a condition to prove my allegation.

Then, what do you base your allegation on?

On allegation I admit that I evaded identification by leaving before the arrival of the police.

That's quite an allegation.

So far, every allegation against you, the King's, Halazi's, it's all unsupported.

The papers want a statement about the bribery allegation. What am I gong to say?

If you repeat that allegation anywhere, publicly or privately I'll see you never practice law in this country.

The D.A.'s office is interested since there's an allegation of police officer involvement.

But the prosecution's allegation that I knew about syringes, injections - totally accurate.

What is your allegation based on?

The State further offers in evidence the testimony of The Coroner. Who confirms that allegation. That the deceased suffered a severe blow on the head.. prior to death.

Commendatore Garrone has taken back the allegation.

That has nothing to do with it. I deny the allegation.

I know. But the prosecution is going to have to prove every inch of its allegation against a man like Janning if I'm to pronounce sentence on him.

That's a very serious allegation, Doctor.

Do you realise the seriousness of your allegation?

There's also the disturbing allegation as to your motives and your methods.

What allegation?

Look, you made the allegation.

The allegation is that the women don't like the way she dresses.

That's a serious allegation.

You air that allegation or anything remotely like it.

News and current affairs

This allegation is as baseless as the temptation to make it is strong.

Others have quickly embraced and promoted Jibril's allegation.

In February, Syria's state news agency accused jihadi rebels of firing a rocket containing chemical materials in Khan al-Assal - an allegation that the British television outlet Channel Four backs.

If true - and the allegation remains unproved - it would be nothing different from what has occurred in dozens of countries around the world receiving support from the IMF, World Bank, and the US itself.

His clear implication is that fraud was committed at Barclays - a serious allegation from Britain's finance minister.

The recent allegation by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that Syria is smuggling war materiel into Iraq raises the ominous prospect that America's attention will turn toward Damascus the moment it is finished with Baghdad.

The US prosecutors at Nuremberg didn't know about the Guatemala experiments, so there's no allegation of deliberate hypocrisy.

After all, motive and context are legitimate questions in any serious criminal allegation.

One allegation, made recently by a well-known French publicist, is that the arrest was typical of American puritanism.

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