0 a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal:
Several of her patients have made allegations of professional misconduct about/against her.
[ + that ] Allegations that Mr Dwight was receiving money from known criminals have caused a scandal.
1 a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal:
The allegations of corruption were not true.
2 a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but which has not been proved to be true:
allegation about sth The chief executive of the company resigned last autumn over allegations about his expenses.
allegation that She rejected the allegation that she had treated her staff unfairly.
make allegations of sth (against sb) He made allegations of unfair dismissal against his former employers.
There is no substance to the allegation.
He's demanding a full apology from the newspaper for making untrue allegations about his personal life.
These allegations have seriously hurt her reputation.
He strenuously denies all the allegations against him.
The inaccuracy concerns his allegation that there is a ' potential notational inconsistency ' in representing lexical items as constituents of lexical categories.
Perhaps he felt that the allegation would not be credited, but that seems unlikely.
Both cases dealt with allegations of fraud and excessive campaign expenditures. 12.
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