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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats