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allegation

[ US /ˌæɫəˈɡeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌælɪɡˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)
    an allegation of malpractice
  2. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

How To Use allegation In A Sentence

  • McCarthy remains dismissive of the allegations and defensive of the former sergeant, saying he was "brutalized" by his colleagues, in particular, by a few senior officers "exerting locker room peer pressure" in the department ranks. MPNnow Home RSS
  • A judicial committee rejected his allegations and recommended that criminal charges of libel should be brought against anyone repeating them. Times, Sunday Times
  • The statement is clearly injurious; it has been "published", that is, written to third persons, and the libeler knew or should have know that the allegation was false, upon any reasonable investigation. House GOPer Accuses Dem Foe Of ... "Grotesque Medical Experiments" On Human Guinea Pigs
  • The defendants in the libel case maintain that their allegations are true.
  • According to JewishVirtualLibrary.org and substantiated by 'The Blood libel legend: a casebook in anti-Semitic folklore,' a 1991 book by Alan Dundes, an influential Roman Catholic magazine titled 'Civilta Cattolica' in 1881 revived the blood libel accusation, going on to write a series of articles forwarding the fraudulent allegation. Blood Libel Claim By Sarah Palin Causes Controversy
  • The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.
  • Football has been rocked by allegations that up to eight top bosses have been caught up in a bung scandal. The Sun
  • The consecutive statements, allegations, and counterallegations made in turn by plaintiff and defendant, or prosecutor and accused, in a legal proceeding.
  • This guy was also what we call a sadistic pedophile, which is that sadistic pedophiles often use objects to penetrate children rather than using the penis or the fingers, and that ` s apparently, if the allegations are true, what he did with one little girl. CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2005
  • At the moment, these are allegations and they remain unproven at this time.
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