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claim (asserted without proof)

She alleged that she was the victim of a crime.

alleged = asserted (said) without proof

He alleges that there is no real deficit reduction in the Deficit Reduction Bill.
We squandered our first nickels on the House of Horrors, which scared us not at all; we entered the black seventh-grade room and were led around by the temporary ghoul in residence and were made to touch several objects alleged to be component parts of a human being.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

alleged = claimed (but not proven)

Corrections Corporation of America has denied allegations that the children in its custody were not adequately fed;
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey

allegations = claims (things said, but not proven)

(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)

the Board would like to go through your testimony concerning your alleged meeting with Carrie White in The Cavalier parking lot
Stephen King -- Carrie

alleged = claimed (asserted without proof)

This dispatch so alleged.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

alleged = asserted (said) without proof

It was impossible but he should conceive some suspicion of two men lying all day concealed in a thicket and having no business to allege.
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Kidnapped

allege = claim (assert without proof)

You need to be careful when you're making those kinds of serious allegations.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot

allegations = claims (things asserted without proof)

Full of alleged Truth Drug.
Peter Shaffer -- Equus

alleged = claimed (said, but not proven)

when he had been arrested and tortured for his alleged complicity in the Boscoli conspiracy.
Nicolo Machiavelli -- The Prince

alleged = asserted (said) without proof

He's filed half a dozen lawsuits alleging that we were at fault somehow.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Bend in the Road

alleging = asserting (saying), but not proving

It was alleged that he had been running a private traffic of his own in the prisoners' gold teeth.
Elie Wiesel -- Night

alleged = asserted (said) without proof

They're doing a thorough search for the alleged bomb.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Betrayed

alleged = asserted (said) without proof

It concerned your failure—your alleged failure—last night.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road

alleged = asserted (said to be true), but not proven

Was the article under which you are charged published to you before the time of the alleged offense of which you stand accused?
Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers

alleged = asserted, but not proven

For reasons previously suggested it would not perhaps be easy at the present day directly to prove or disprove the allegation.
Herman Melville -- Billy Budd

allegation = something asserted (said), but not proven

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

He pleaded still not guilty and alleged many sharp reasons...
William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII

alleged = asserted (said) without proof

Look, there was one alleged eyewitness to this killing.
Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men

alleged = claimed (but so far, not proven to be true)

Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of those parts ... allege that ... the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head,
Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

allege = claim (say without proof)

This practice allegedly overcame a variety of evils: standing in front of his fellows encouraged good posture and gave a child poise; delivering a short talk made him word-conscious; learning his current event strengthened his memory; being singled out made him more than ever anxious to return to the Group.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

allegedly = in the manner of something said to be true, but not proven

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