alleged
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- stated, affirmed, asserted, declared, described, designated
- supposed, doubtful, dubious, ostensible, professed, purported, so-called, unproved

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Contrasted words: authentic, bona fide, genuine, veritable, actual, real, true, delusory, erroneous, fallacious, false, illusory, imaginary, unreal
Related Idioms: in name only
Related Words: credible, plausible, specious, doubtful, dubious, questionable, self-styled, soi-disant, would-be

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al‧leged /əˈledʒd/ adjective [only before noun] formal
an alleged crime, fact etc is one that someone says has happened or is true, although it has not been proved
alleged offence/crime/incident etc
their alleged involvement in international terrorism
The alleged victim made the complaint at a police station in York.

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