08 noviembre 2008

5. Legal terminology: "allegedly"

5. Allegedly
(adverb) claimed or stated to be so or true.
"He was allegedly involved in some illegal deals."
Synonyms
reputedly: "The property is reputedly owned by a foundation based in Switzerland."
Antonyms
definitively: "It was definitively established that the contract had been entered into under duress."

Other forms of the word
allegation (noun) - a statement claimed to be true. "The plaintiff's allegation is that the defendant failed to deliver the goods in a timely fashion."
allege (verb) - to claim that something is true. "The prosecutor alleged that the CEO had engaged in insider trading."

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