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  • 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.  (source)
    alleged = claimed (but not proven)
  • Corrections Corporation of America has denied allegations that the children in its custody were not adequately fed;  (source)
    allegations = claims (things said, and in need of being proven or disproven)
  • He's filed half a dozen lawsuits alleging that we were at fault somehow.  (source)
    alleging = asserting (saying), but not proving
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  • the Board would like to go through your testimony concerning your alleged meeting with Carrie White in The Cavalier parking lot  (source)
    alleged = claimed (asserted without proof)
  • Several months later there was a second child-parent murder in our area: this time the victim was a Highlands Ranch woman allegedly killed by her seventeen-year-old son and stuffed in the trunk of the family car.†  (source)
    allegedly = in a way that says that something is true (but which is not yet proven or disproven)
  • Hospital number 6 denies the allegations.†  (source)
    allegations = claims (things said, and in need of being proven or disproven)
    standard suffix: 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.
  • A Ministry official emerged some time after the appearance of the Dark Mark alleging that nobody had been hurt, but refusing to give any more information.†  (source)
    alleging = claiming
  • For reasons previously suggested it would not perhaps be easy at the present day directly to prove or disprove the allegation.  (source)
    allegation = something asserted (said), but not proven
    standard suffix: 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.
  • 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.  (source)
    allege = claim (assert without proof)
  • The diary alleges abuse and your fears that Nick didn't want the baby, that he might want to kill you.†  (source)
    alleges = claims or asserts
  • CREON Therein thou judgest rightly, but this wrong That thou allegest—tell me what it is.†  (source)
    allegest = claim
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-st" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou lovest" in older English, today we say "You love."
  • They're doing a thorough search for the alleged bomb.  (source)
    alleged = asserted (said) without proof
  • In place of the burgundy chaise where the old Pole had allegedly reclined, there were now three gray filing cabinets with stainless-steel locks standing at attention.†  (source)
    allegedly = in a way that says that something is true (but which is not yet proven or disproven)
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