allege
verb
[ əˈlɛdʒ ]
• claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof.
• "he alleged that he had been assaulted"
Similar:
claim,
assert,
declare,
state,
proclaim,
maintain,
advance,
contend,
argue,
affirm,
aver,
avow,
attest,
testify,
swear,
certify,
give evidence,
bear witness,
charge,
accuse,
suggest,
imply,
hint,
insinuate,
indicate,
intimate,
impute,
plead,
pretend,
profess,
depose,
represent,
make out,
asseverate,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘declare on oath’): from Old French esligier, based on Latin lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’; confused in sense with Latin allegare ‘allege’.
