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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
Adjective
stated but not proved: the spot where the alleged crime took place
allegedly [al-lej-id-lee]
Adverb
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
Spanish alleged [əˈlɛdʒd] adjsupuesto, presunto
French alleged [əˈlɛdʒd] adjprétendu(e)
German alleged [əˈlɛdʒd] allege adjangeblich
Italian alleged [əˈlɛdʒd] adjpresunto/a

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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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