-jd also -jə̇d adjective
1. : asserted to be true or to exist
an alleged miracle
alleged abuses of housing benefits — Wall Street Journal
ordering seizure of the steel mills under alleged “inherent” rights — Current Biography
2. : questionably true or of the kind specified : supposed , so-called
a program of alleged descriptive music
another glass of that alleged brandy
• al·leg·ed·ly -jə̇dlē, -li adverb