allegedly
adverb uk/əˈledʒ.ɪd.li/ us/əˈledʒ.ɪd.li/
C2 据称地，涉嫌地
used when something illegal or wrong is said to have been done, but has not been proved
That's where he allegedly killed his wife. 据说他就是在那里杀了他的妻子。
She was arrested for allegedly stealing a car. 她因涉嫌偷车被捕。
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- A Wisconsin man faces prison for allegedly mistreating cows.
- They were arrested for allegedly stealing classified information.
- The executive was fired for allegedly lying to investors.
- You'll find lists of words that are allegedly of pre-Roman origin that came into the spoken Latin of the Iberian Peninsula.
- I’m allegedly learning French, but it’s going slowly.