claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case
(尤指无证据地)声称,断言(某人做非法事情或坏事)
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[with clause]
he alleged that he had been assaulted 他声称自己被殴
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[with obj. and infinitive]
the offences are alleged to have been committed outside the woman's home 据称犯罪发生在该女子家门外
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he is alleged to have assaulted five men .他被指控殴打了五名男子。
"Middle English (in the sense ‘declare on oath’): from Old French