0 to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof: --
[ + that ] It was alleged that Johnson had struck Mr Rahim on the head.
[ + to infinitive ] She is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drug ring.
[ + (that) ] The two men allege (that) the police forced them to make false confessions.
1 to state that something bad is a fact without giving proof: --
2 to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof: --
This alleged information, however, seems to be largely unobtainable by those who need it, namely, the target population.
That the alleged victim had suffered a rib contusion is thus a false proposition.
It is this which some revisionist historians have relied upon to allege a general, long-lived atmosphere of terror.
Here, the study is a valuable corrective, challenging interpretations that allege a decline in family support for the old.
In short, talking about politics appears to have the salubrious effects for the body politic that democratic theorists have alleged it does.
One common sore point is women's alleged interference in family affairs and finances.
Still, criterialism is hopeless, quite apart from any alleged connection it may or may not have to positivism.
Clearly, my review should stand or fall on its merits, not some alleged rule invented by my two detractors.
