Associations to the word «Alleged»

Wiktionary

ALLEGED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of allege
ALLEGED, adjective. Asserted but not proved
ALLEGED, adjective. Supposed but doubtful

Dictionary definition

ALLEGED, adjective. Declared but not proved; "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal.
ALLEGED, adjective. Doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne