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alleged Adjective

— A person is alleged if it is claimed that he did something that may or may not be true Alleged criminal Alleged rapist

alleged

— adjective declared but not proved alleged abuses of housing benefits — Wall Street Journal — adjective (= so-called) doubtful or suspect these so-called experts are no help

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supposed so-called putative ostensible reputed professed presumed asserted would-be trumped-up supposedly self styled referable quotable purported pseudo probable presumptive presumable ostensive implicit hypothetical hypothetic consultative conjectural

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That man is alleged to have committed the murder.

The newspaper alleged his involvement in the crime.

When Maria discovered what Tom's alleged language studies on the Internet were, she banned his computer use for a while.

You Russians are really wonderful people. Instead of accepting help and advice you're blaming me for the alleged mistakes I've made.

Movie subtitles

It has been alleged, yes.

Alleged mutineers.

The state's own witnesses have not been able to identify these defendants as having even been at the scene of the crime alleged in the indictment.

Your Honor! Your Honor, I move that this case be dismissed on the ground that the sole witness to the alleged crime is obviously insane.

Does an alleged fiance have any voice in this matter?

Mr. Tuttle, are you the author of this article. which contains an alleged statement by the accused?

Was this Major Arnold present. when the accused made the alleged statements to the press?

The matter before this court is the facts behind the alleged offense.

Tell me, does this alleged girlfriend of yours wear thick spectacles?

Egg flip. I think my alleged friend wants a light.

Were there any men in that alleged lineup you knew before that night?

Look, there was one alleged eyewitness to this killing.

For four months this alleged angel of mercy has pored, probed, punctured, pillaged and plundered my helpless body while tormenting my mind with a steady drip of baby talk.

If the reason for the alleged insanity is important to this case then it's a matter for a competent witness.

Your Honor, I move that this case be dismissed on the ground that the sole witness to the alleged crime is obviously insane.

Why this alleged old man gave you. How much is it?

Is it because in me, you have some alleged social standing?

You were present last night when this alleged attack took place.

This was after Lieutenant Doyle made the alleged attack?

You're saying, then the captain reached for his gun before the alleged attack.

Did you reach for your gun before Lieutenant Doyle launched the alleged attack?

There is nothing alleged about the way my face looks.

And the alleged quotation from scriptures, that's all very interesting, sir.

To begin with, exactly where were you on or about 11:00 p.m. On the date of the alleged shooting?

After all, you were at the scene of the alleged crime when the police arrived.

What's the alleged charge?

Not my jokes. Neither the alleged sabotage.

This was after Lieutenant Doyle made the alleged attack? No, sir.

You're saying, then. the Captain reached for his gun before the alleged attack.

Did you reach for your gun before Lieutenant Doyle. launched the alleged attack?

The one cult member we persuaded to speak up. a farmer named Rand Hobart. was arrested several weeks ago as an alleged murderer.

You alleged in fact that the aforesaid Karla Wechsler was of such low moral character.

Captain, I only know for certain that the occurrence of the phenomenon coincides exactly with the moments that Lazarus has his alleged confrontations.

My TV set! - Your alleged TV set.

And my alleged clothes!

I'm on trial here as an alleged specialist in the art of instigating various acts regarded by some as criminal.

News and current affairs

Sharon's timing may have been determined by his problems with police investigations into alleged corruption.

Particularly the losers, often represented by young men with no future to look forward to, can be induced to take even suicidal action against the alleged enemy.

No ordinary psychiatrist, however, attested to Budanov's alleged insanity.

As a result, it is alleged, the Islamic world cannot cope with the demands of modernization, either in technology or in cultural practices, such as the granting of rights to women, which is necessary for economic success in the modern world.

In doing this he has not hesitated to use his semi-monopoly over television to exalt his government's alleged accomplishments.

The paper alleged that the men had been enticed into such practices by a Norwegian, who gave them money and gifts in exchange for photos of them engaged in homosexual acts.

LONDON - The remarkable thing about Jeremy Corbyn, the hard-left outsider who stunned the British establishment by capturing the leadership of the Labour Party, is not his alleged lack of patriotism.

Though North Korea's alleged attack on Sony Pictures' computers has been rightly condemned, it must be admitted that from the perspective of the North Korean elite, their country simply applied economic retaliation much like anyone else does.

The other difficulty with that fashionable hypothesis is that most of the alleged costs are illusory or trumped up.

The consensus alleged at the December press conference simply did not exist.

But such changes occur less frequently than is often supposed or alleged.

They hailed the strength of the US economy, bemoaned the alleged weaknesses of the European economy, and claimed that the Euro was mismanaged.

For example, the alleged 2003 coup plot was supposedly discovered when CDs containing detailed preparations (including assassination teams and plans to bomb two mosques) were delivered to a virulently anti-military newspaper.

The prosecutors have shown little interest in these discrepancies, doing their best to send the alleged conspirators to jail (and keep them there) even before the trial starts.

Nonetheless, the Court has come under fire for three alleged failings.

In the first half of the 1990's, many observers of the alleged Asian economic miracle emphasized trust and families' capacity to cooperate with political authorities in order to realize long-term growth plans.

In a current case, a Spanish judge is seeking arrest warrants against Jiang Zemin, the former president of China, and Li Peng, a former Chinese prime minister, for alleged crimes committed in Tibet.

During the campaign Mr. Lavin repeatedly said that, irrespective of his age and health, General Pinochet should stand trial in Chile for alleged violations of human rights.

The death of Al Qaeda's leader deep in Pakistan, in a city with a heavy military presence, appears to confirm what many have long alleged: Pakistan, not Afghanistan, has become the epicenter of international terrorism.

Some in Linyi alleged degrading treatment, torture, and extortion.

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