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allege
verb
    alleged, alleging
    1. To claim or declare something to be the case, usually without proof.
      Thesaurus: claim, contend, maintain, state, assert, declare, depose, insist, profess.
Derivative: alleged
adj
    Presumed and claimed, but not proved, to be as stated.
      Thesaurus: supposed, reputed, described, suspect, reported, implied, purported, so-called, claimed, declared.
Derivative: allegedly
adverb
    Etymology: 13c: from French aleguer to allege, mixed with alegier to justify or lighten.



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