How to Use alleged in a Sentence

alleged

adjective
  • The first of the alleged overt acts was in February 2019.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The alleged victim said that Araiza was on one of those calls.
    ABC News, 1 Sep. 2022
  • And the alleged İnce deepfake was not the only one out there.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 15 May 2023
  • The alleged intruder — who is not named in the memo — hadn’t lived there for about five years.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The alleged victim in that case was not Michelle Duncan.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 5 June 2023
  • The alleged victim has fled back to Kazakhstan and could not be reached.
    Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The pair's children were in the car during the alleged incident.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • And it was taken at least a year after the alleged murder.
    Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • But her alleged ruse failed, and the 29-year-old was arrested.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Such is the case in this Normand joke about Joe Biden’s alleged habit of sniffing young girls’ hair.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 June 2024
  • The alleged shooter was found in a vehicle near a boat ramp.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In the affidavit, police cite a video posted on YouTube by Justin Mohn, the son of the victim and alleged killer.
    Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The hip-hop artist is seeking billions of dollars in damages over the alleged breach.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • What does this have to do with Paxton's alleged affair?
    Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The complaint did not detail how the alleged theft happen.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 May 2023
  • Part of that guessing comes from a gap in our knowledge; Mangione went off the grid in the months leading up to the alleged murder.
    Max Chapnick, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The alleged victim is a 45-year-old man who works for the university.
    Pat Milton, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Now, more claims about the alleged parties have come to light, including the lengths that Combs' team went in planning them.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the alleged source of the blaze has sparked outrage: county government.
    The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Suggs was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim and not to possess guns.
    Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But a broader focus of appeals has been on alleged racial bias.
    Jim Salter, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The feds charge ‘El Jefe,’ the alleged boss of a vast human smuggling network behind a deadly crash.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The alleged incident in question took place two years ago.
    Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The Star has not reported the name of the alleged godmother, since she has not been arrested or charged as of June 28.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2024
  • The Kansas City Fire Department, which also responded to the scene of the alleged crime, declared the baby dead at the scene.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Any alleged violations would first have to be proven, and the FTC would need to decide whether to enforce, said Vladeck.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 11 Nov. 2022
  • No charges were ever brought against Carter over the alleged incident.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The alleged victim did not respond to requests for comment.
    Beth Reinhard, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The lawsuit against Washington is sparse on details about what led up to the alleged incident.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But the investigator said this admission could make the alleged crime worse.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025

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