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alleged

[uh-lejd, uh-lej-id] / əˈlɛdʒd, əˈlɛdʒ ɪd /


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She spent more than a year in pretrial detention while under investigation for alleged money laundering linked to the Odebrecht corruption scandal.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Sokoloff, 37, alleged Mejia did not properly utilize the controller’s office to run audits on city departments and failed to keep up the auditing pace of his predecessor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

NPR earlier reported Santos’s alleged trading on Kalshi and the exchange’s referral to law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

She later discovered the Met had sent handwritten notes of her account, as well as her address, contact number and date of birth to another alleged victim who lived in Australia in error.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

He, an alleged psychologist, noticed not one of the Ten Warning Signs of Nervous Collapse or whatever it was that he was educated to see, and qualified to teach.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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