Synonyms for allege
əˈlɛdʒal·lege

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1. allege

   To allege is formally to state as true or capable of proof, but without proving. To adduce, literally to lead to, is to bring the evidence up to what has been alleged. Adduce is a secondary word; nothing can be adduced in evidence till something has been stated or alleged, which the evidence is to sustain. An alleged fact stands open to question or doubt. To speak of an alleged document, an alleged will, an alleged crime, is either to question, or at least very carefully to refrain from admitting, that the document exists, that the will is genuine, or that the crime has been committed. Alleged is, however, respectful; to speak of the "so-called" will or deed, etc., would be to cast discredit upon the document, and imply that the speaker was ready to brand it as unquestionably spurious; alleged simply concedes nothing and leaves the question open. To produce is to bring forward, as, for instance, papers or persons. Adduce is not used of persons; of them we say introduce or produce. When an alleged criminal is brought to trial, the counsel on either side are accustomed to advance a theory, and adduce the strongest possible evidence in its support; they will produce documents and witnesses, cite precedents, assign reasons, introduce suggestions, offer pleas. The accused will usually assert his innocence. Compare STATE.

   Synonyms:
   adduce, advance, affirm, assert, asseverate, assign, aver, cite, claim, declare, introduce, maintain, offer, plead, produce, say, state

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1. allege

   Synonyms:
   declare, affirm, assert, asseverate, depose, plead, cite, quote, assign, advance, maintain, say

   Antonyms:
   contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, neutralize, quash, repel

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. allege, aver, sayverb

   report or maintain

   "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

   Synonyms:
   enunciate, articulate, sound out, state, affirm, say, suppose, aver, assert, avow, swan, pronounce, enjoin, read, swear, tell, order, enounce, verify

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1. allegeverb

   Synonyms:
   declare, affirm, assert, aver, predicate, profess, asseverate, maintain, say

2. allegeverb

   Synonyms:
   adduce, assign, advance, plead, produce, cite, quote, bring forward, lay down

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1. List of paraphrases for "allege":

   argue, claim, contend

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How to use allege in a sentence?

1. Lieutenant Bagshaw:

   CRITICIZING BLACK LIVES MATTER IS CAUSE FOR TERMINATION, ECONOMISTS ARGUE Problematically for Charter, the FBI goes on to allege that at points, Charter was photographed in both instances without any face coverings. And Lieutenant Jason Bagshaw of the Metropolitan Police Department told the FBI he has interacted with Charter on numerous occasions and was able to positively identify him. Charter has.

2. Jake Wark:

   We expect to select a new court date in the coming days and then set the amended trial track. The Suffolk indictments allege two counts of first-degree murder for the July 16, 2012, shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End; three counts of armed assault with intent to murder and one count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon for shots fired at three surviving victims; and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.

3. Maurice Blackburn lawyer Elizabeth O'Shea:

   Uber sells the idea that it does things differently, but in reality and as we allege, this has meant operating unlawfully, using devious programs like' Greyball,'.

4. Whoopi Goldberg:

   The View, quite honestly, you know, look, I'm sorry, having been on both sides of this where people allege that you do something, it doesn't matter now.

5. Whoopi Goldberg:

   Quite honestly, you know, look, I'm sorry, having been on both sides of this where people allege that you do something, it doesn't matter now.