allege
verb [ T ] formal uk/əˈledʒ/ us/əˈledʒ/
C2 （未经证实地）指责，宣称，指控
to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
[ + (that) ] The two men allege (that) the police forced them to make false confessions. 这两名男子声称警方逼迫他们作假口供。
[ + to infinitive ] She is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drug ring. 据称她一直是某国际贩毒集团的核心人物。
[ + that ] It was alleged that Johnson had struck Mr Rahim on the head. 据称约翰逊打了拉希姆先生的头。
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- The prosecution alleged that he lured the officer to his death by making an emergency call.
- It has been alleged that the minister received a secret payoff from an arms dealer.
- The woman alleged rape, but Reeves insisted it was consensual.
- Campaigners now have compelling documentary evidence of the human rights abuses that they had been alleging for several years.
- The woman alleges that her employers passed her over for promotion because she was pregnant.