ALLEGE


Meaning of ALLEGE in English

[verb] [T] [formal] [esp. legal] - to state that (something bad) is a fact without giving proofThe two men allege (that) the police forced them to make false confessions. [+ (that) clause]Mr Smythe is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drugs ring. [+ object + to infinitive]It was alleged that Johnson had struck Mr Rahim on the head. [+ that clause]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.