alleged
adjective
[ əˈlɛdʒd ]
• said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality.
• "the alleged conspirators"
Similar:
supposed,
so-called,
claimed,
professed,
purported,
ostensible,
apparent,
putative,
unproven,
rumoured,
reputed,
presumed,
assumed,
reported,
declared,
stated,
avowed,
described,
allege
verb
• 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’.
