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# allege

«allege» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say it is true, especially that someone did something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (allege, alleges, alleged, alleging)

### meaning for a pupil

To allege something is to say it is true, especially that someone did something wrong, without proving it yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in news and law: «police allege», «it is alleged that». The adjective «alleged» shows that a claim has not been proved: «the alleged thief». It teaches pupils that an accusation is not proof.

### examples

- The newspaper alleges that the mayor broke the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#x1)
- The boy alleged that his sister had taken his sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#x2)
- Police allege the man stole a car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#x3)
- It is alleged that the money went missing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#x4)
- The alleged thief said he was innocent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#x5)
- She alleged she had seen a ghost, but nobody believed her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#x6)
- The accused merchant saw by this time that his condemnation was certain, and tried to allege something in his defence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/#x7)

### note

Pronounced a-LEDGE. Spelling trap: no «d» before the «g» — «allege», not «alledge». A person is innocent until proved guilty; «alleged» reminds us of that. Noun: «allegation».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «allege» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.