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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
- Corrections Corporation of America has denied allegations that the children in its custody were not adequately fed;Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
- the Board would like to go through your testimony concerning your alleged meeting with Carrie White in The Cavalier parking lotStephen King -- Carrie
- This dispatch so alleged.Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- 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
- You need to be careful when you're making those kinds of serious allegations.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- Full of alleged Truth Drug.Peter Shaffer -- Equus
- when he had been arrested and tortured for his alleged complicity in the Boscoli conspiracy.Nicolo Machiavelli -- The Prince
- He's filed half a dozen lawsuits alleging that we were at fault somehow.Nicholas Sparks -- A Bend in the Road
- It was alleged that he had been running a private traffic of his own in the prisoners' gold teeth.Elie Wiesel -- Night
- They're doing a thorough search for the alleged bomb.P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Betrayed
- It concerned your failure—your alleged failure—last night.Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
- 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
- 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
- He pleaded still not guilty and alleged many sharp reasons...William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII
- Look, there was one alleged eyewitness to this killing.Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men
- 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
- 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
alleged = claimed (but not proven)
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.)
alleged = claimed (asserted without proof)
alleged = asserted (said) without proof
allege = claim (assert without proof)
allegations = claims (things asserted without proof)
(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.)
alleged = claimed (said, but not proven)
alleged = asserted (said) without proof
alleging = asserting (saying), but not proving
alleged = asserted (said) without proof
alleged = asserted (said) without proof
alleged = asserted (said to be true), but not proven
alleged = asserted, but not proven
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.)
alleged = asserted (said) without proof
alleged = claimed (but so far, not proven to be true)
allege = claim (say without proof)
allegedly = in the manner of something said to be true, but not proven