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alleged

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al·leged  (-ljd, -ljd)
adj.
Represented as existing or as being as described but not so proved; supposed.

al·leged·ly (-ljd-l) adv.
Usage Note: An alleged burglar is someone who has been accused of being a burglar but against whom no charges have been proved. An alleged incident is an event that is said to have taken place but has not yet been verified. In their zeal to protect the rights of the accused, newspapers and law enforcement officials sometimes misuse alleged. Someone arrested for murder may be only an alleged murderer, for example, but is a real, not an alleged, suspect in that his or her status as a suspect is not in doubt. Similarly, if the money from a safe is known to have been stolen and not merely mislaid, then we may safely speak of a theft without having to qualify our description with alleged.

alleged [əˈlɛdʒd]
adj (prenominal)
1. stated or described to be such; presumed the alleged murderer
2. dubious an alleged miracle
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.alleged - declared but not proved; "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal
declared - made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"
2.alleged - doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"
questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

alleged
Translations
alleged [əˈledʒd] ADJ [crime, thief, victim, author] → presunto; [fact, reason] → supuesto
alleged police brutalitypresunta brutalidad policial
his alleged involvement in the scandalsu presunta or supuesta relación con el escándalo

alleged [əˈlɛdʒd] adj [criminal, terrorist] → présumé(e); [crime, incident, fraud] → présumé(e); [victim] → présumé(e)
There were protests about the alleged beating → Des voix se sont élevées contre le présumé passage à tabac.

alleged
adj, allegedly
advangeblich

alleged [əˈlɛdʒd] adjpresunto/a
the alleged crime → il presunto delitto

alleged مَزْعوم údajný påstået angeblich φερόμενος presunto väitetty prétendu navodni presunto 申し立てられた 주장된 naar men beweert påstått rzekomy suposto утверждаемый (обычно голословно) påstådd ซึ่งถูกกล่าวหา iddia edilen bị cáo buộc 声称的


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On some flimsy pretext or other Mowanna, the king of Nukuheva, whom the invaders by extravagant presents cajoled over to their interests, and move about like a mere puppet, has been set up as the rightful sovereign of the entire island--the alleged ruler by prescription of various clans, who for ages perhaps have treated with each other as separate nations.
It will readily be seen that in this case the alleged right of the Duke to the whale was a delegated one from the Sovereign.
You will notice as suspicious, that no explanation is given of the manner in which the alleged discovery of one of my uncle's secrets was made, by persons who are total strangers to him.
 
 
 
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