allege

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it. 指稱 (但還未被證實(shí))[正式]
She alleged that there was rampant drug use among the male members of the group. 她指稱該組織中有大量的男性成員吸毒。
The accused is alleged to have killed a man. 該被告據(jù)稱殺了一個(gè)男子。

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 .