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Definition
allege verb
/əˈledʒ/ v [T] formal
to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
[+ (that)] The two men allege (that) the police forced them to make false confessions.
[+ to infinitive] Mr Smythe is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drugs ring.
[+ that ] It was alleged that Johnson had struck Mr Rahim on the head.
(Definition of allege verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
