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allege
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[əˈlɛdʒ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof
(e.g: he alleged that he had been assaulted)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘declare on oath’): from Old French esligier, based on Latin lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’; confused in sense with Latin allegare ‘allege’
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