allege

al·lege  (-lj)

tr.v. al·leged, al·leg·ing, al·leg·es

1. To assert to be true; affirm: alleging his innocence of the charge.

2. To assert without or before proof: The indictment alleges that the commissioner took bribes.

3. To state (a plea or excuse, for example) in support or denial of a claim or accusation: The defendant alleges temporary insanity.

4. Archaic To bring forward as an authority.

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[Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, to vindicate, justify (influenced by aleguer, to give a reason), from esligier, to pay a fine, justify oneself, from Late Latin *exltigre, to clear at law : Latin ex-, out; see ex- + Latin ltigre, to sue; see litigate.]

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al·legea·ble adj.

al·leger n.

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allege [əˈlɛdʒ]

vb (tr; may take a clause as object)

1. to declare in or as if in a court of law; state without or before proof he alleged malpractice

2. to put forward (an argument or plea) for or against an accusation, claim, etc.

3. Archaic to cite or quote, as to confirm

[C14 aleggen, ultimately from Latin allēgāre to dispatch on a mission, from lēx law]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

allege - report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" aver, say plead - make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts assert, asseverate, maintain - state categorically

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allege

verb claim, hold, charge, challenge, state, maintain, advance, declare, assert, uphold, put forward, affirm, profess, depose, avow, aver, asseverate The accused is alleged to have killed a man.
deny, oppose, contradict, renounce, refute, repudiate, disavow, disclaim, gainsay (archaic or literary), abjure

Translations

allege [əˈledʒ] VT

1. (with verb/clause) → afirmar (that que) she is alleged to have stolen money from a cash box → se afirma que robó dinero del que había en una caja
he is alleged to be wealthy → según se dice es rico
he is alleged to be the leader → según se dice él es el jefe

2. (with noun) → alegar
he absented himself alleging illness → se ausentó alegando estar enfermo

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allege [əˈlɛdʒ] vt
to allege that ... → prétendre que ...
he is alleged to have said ... → il aurait dit ...
He is alleged to have killed her → Il l'aurait tuée.

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allege

vt → behaupten; the remarks alleged to have been made by him → die Bemerkungen, die er gemacht haben soll or angeblich gemacht hat; he is alleged to have said that … → er soll angeblich gesagt haben, dass …

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allege [əˈlɛdʒ] vt → asserire, dichiarare
he is alleged to have said ... → avrebbe detto che...

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allege

v allege [əˈledʒ]

to say, especially in making a legal statement, without giving proof He alleged that I had been with the accused on the night of the murder. beweer يَدَّعي، يَتَدَرَّع بِ твърдя prohlásit, vypovědět hævde; påstå behaupten ισχυρίζομαι alegar väitma اظهار کردن väittää alléguer לִטְעוֹן आरोप लगाना iznijeti kao állít menyatakan, menduga staðhæfa dichiarare, asserire 申し立てる (확실한 증거 없이) ...을 주장하다 nepagrįstai tvirtinti, teigti apgalvot (bez pierādījumiem) menuduh beweren hevde, påstå sugerować, twierdzić alegar a afirma, a pretinde утверждать tvrdiť, vypovedať navesti tvrditi påstå, göra gällande กล่าวหา iddia etmek, ileri sürmek 指控 твердити الزام لگانا ، تہمت لگانا viện cớ 宣称

n allegation [ӕliˈgeiʃən]

bewering إدّعاء، زَعْم твърдение tvrzení, výpověď påstand die Behauptung ισχυρισμός alegación väide اظهار؛ ادعا väite allégation טֵעֲנָה, הַאֲשָמָה आरोप navod állítás tuduhan staðhæfing dichiarazione, asserzione 申し立て 주장, 단언 nepagrįstas tvirtinimas apgalvojums (bez pierādījumiem) pertuduhan bewering påstand zarzut alegação afirmaţie (ne­do­vedită) утверждение tvrdenie izjava tvrdnja anklagelse, påstående การกล่าวหา; ข้อกล่าวหา iddia 指控 заява, твердження الزام ، تہمت sự viện cớ 辩解