allegation
- nounADJECTIVE▪ damaging, serious▪ baseless, false, spurious (esp. BrE), unfounded, unproven, unsubstantiated, untrue, wild▪ malicious▪ defamatory▪ credible, true▪
The defendants in the libel case maintain that their allegations are true.
▪ fresh, further, new▪There have been fresh allegations of atrocities.
▪ widespread▪ corruption, fraud, rapeVERB + ALLEGATION▪ level (esp. BrE), make, publish, report▪ retract (esp. BrE), withdraw▪I advise you to withdraw your allegation before I contact my lawyer.
▪ be at the centre/center of, be confronted with, face▪the school at the centre/center of these allegations
▪ admit▪She refused to admit the allegations.
▪ deny, dismiss, dispute, reject▪ answer, contest, counter, refute▪The president has the right to answer specific allegations.
▪He will need to counter allegations that he accepted money from criminals.
▪ confirm, prove, support▪The committee found no evidence to support allegations of smuggling.
▪ disprove▪It took over two months to disprove the allegation.
▪ give rise to, lead to, prompt (esp. BrE), provoke▪The sudden collapse of the business led to allegations of corrupt deals.
▪ examine, investigate, look into, probe (used in journalism)▪The governor of the prison is investigating allegations that a prisoner was attacked and beaten by a prison warden.
PREPOSITION▪ amid allegation▪He has resigned amid corruption allegations.
▪ allegation about, allegation concerning▪allegations about the president's private life
▪ allegation against▪He has made certain allegations against the company.
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allégation — [ a(l)legasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. jurid. allegatio 1 ♦ Didact. ou littér. Citation qu on fait de quelque texte autorisé pour s en prévaloir, affirmation étayée sur cette citation. « La première audience fut levée sur cette audacieuse… … Encyclopédie Universelle
allegation — al·le·ga·tion /ˌa lə gā shən/ n 1: the act of alleging 2 a: a statement not yet proven allegation s in an affidavit b: a statement by a party to a lawsuit of what the party will attempt to prove … Law dictionary
allegation — UK US /ˌælɪˈgeɪʃən/ noun [C] ► 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… … Financial and business terms
allegation — Allegation. s. f. Citation. L Allegation d un passage, d une loy. fausse allegation. ce discours est tout remply d allegations. Il sign. aussi, Les raisons & les authoritez, qui sont rapportées dans un discours. Il respondit fort pertinemment à… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Allegation — Al le*ga tion, n. [L. allegatio, fr. allegare, allegatum, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. {Allege} and {Adlegation}.] 1. The act of alleging or positively asserting. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
allégation — ALLÉGATION. s. f. Citation d une autorité, d un passage, d un fait, etc. L allégation d un passage, d une loi. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi De la simple proposition d une chose qu on met en avant. Il répondit fort pertinemment aux allégations de ses… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
allegation — (n.) early 15c., action of alleging, from M.Fr. allégation, from L. allegationem (nom. allegatio) a sending, despatching, noun of action from pp. stem of allegare (see ALLEGE (Cf. allege)) … Etymology dictionary
allegation — [al΄ə gā′shən] n. [ME allegacioun < OFr allegation < L allegatio < allegare: see ALLEGE] 1. the act of alleging 2. something alleged; assertion 3. an assertion made without proof 4. Law an assertion, made in a pleading, that its maker… … English World dictionary
allegation — [n] assertion placing blame accusation, affirmation, asservation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, overment, plea, profession, statement; concept 49 … New thesaurus
allegation — qu on fait par malice, plus que par bonne foy, Calumnia … Thresor de la langue françoyse
allegation — ► NOUN ▪ a claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically made without proof … English terms dictionary
