ALLEGEDLY


Meaning of ALLEGEDLY in English

adverb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

attack

The Harlem riot erupted when an off-duty policeman killed James Powell, a teenage boy who had allegedly attacked him.

commit

Opposition leaders have talked about pursuing a criminal case against Estrada for corruption and other offenses he allegedly committed in office.

fail

Su, distraught because thieves had stolen her suitcases, was arrested for allegedly failing to show police an identity card.

Officials in Maine also rejected Reform Party petitions because they allegedly failed to meet state technical requirements.

The Board dismissed him for allegedly failing in his duties to teach junior doctors.

involve

Police were called to a house at Eddleston, near Peebles, early yesterday after an incident allegedly involving a knife.

They were following up on descriptions of thieves allegedly involved in the deaths of two men in the town.

make

He allegedly made threats against former President Bush at a time when Bush was traveling the state.

occur

The embezzlement allegedly occurred in 1988 and 1989 when Le Floch-Prigent ran the state-owned oil company, Elf-Aquitaine.

The incidents allegedly occurred between January 1995 and October 1996.

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run

Mr Elliott suffered both internal and external injuries when he was allegedly run down twice by a car at the weekend.

steal

He is under investigation for allegedly stealing tens of billions of dollars.

take

In March 1985 she allegedly took part in a machine-gun attack on a police patrol and television technicians at a sports centre.

All were allegedly taken at the same football game by freelance photographer E. J. Flammer.

Hains allegedly took mouldings of existing works to fake minor artists while using original casts for Rodins.

Shekhtman allegedly took 28 tests for 17 people and Idzi allegedly took 22 tests for 15 people.

try

He also allegedly tried to make the chaplain change her story.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He was arrested for allegedly stabbing his former wife

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As she had pledged that she was innocent, she offered no account as to why she allegedly hated her husband.

But Graham allegedly was concerned only about money and how much would be available to him for signings.

He allegedly refused to treat the boy, insisting that he should be taken to hospital.

Its officials, and many chairmen in the top division, are furious that Taylor has allegedly done a U-turn over transfers.

The incidents allegedly occurred between January 1995 and October 1996.

This facility allegedly commanded the strategic approaches to the Red Sea.

Why should abolition not apply to the poll tax during what are allegedly its last two years?

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