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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French allégation, from Latin allegatio, from allegare. See allege.
Pronunciation
Noun
allegation (plural allegations)
- An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
She put forth several allegations regarding her partner in hopes of discrediting his actions.
2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."
2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
- The act of alleging.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
an assertion or accusation
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: اِدِّعَاء m (Idiiʻāʼ)
- Armenian: (անհիմն) պնդում (hy) (pndum), մեղադրանք (hy) (meġadrankʻ)
- Belarusian: (безгрунтоўнае) абвінавачванне n (abvinavačvannje), (галаслоўнае) сцверджанне n (scvjerdžannje)
- Bulgarian: твърде́ние (bg) n (tvǎrdénie)
- Catalan: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 斷言/断言 (zh) (duànyán), 主張/主张 (zh) (zhǔzhāng)
- Czech: tvrzení (cs) n
- Danish: påstand
- Dutch: bewering (nl), aantijging (nl) f
- Esperanto: aserto
- Estonian: väitmine
- Finnish: väite (fi), syytös (fi)
- French: assertion (fr), allégation (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Behauptung (de) f
- Greek: please add this translation if you can
- Hindi: आरोप (hi) (ārop), अभियोग (hi) (abhiyog)
- Hungarian: állítás (hu)
- Indonesian: tuduhan (id)
- Japanese: 主張 (ja) (しゅちょう, shuchō), 申し立て (ja) (もうしたて, mōshitate)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: dakwaan (ms)
- Malayalam: ആരോപണം (ml) (ārōpaṇaṁ)
- Maori: kupu whakapae
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: allegacion (oc) f
- Polish: domniemanie (pl) n, zarzut (pl) m
- Portuguese: alegação (pt) f
- Romanian: acuzație (ro) f
- Russian: (беспочвенное) обвине́ние (ru) n (obvinénije), (голосло́вное) утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: alegato (es) m, acusación (es) f, alegación (es) f
- Swedish: anklagelse (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: iddia (tr)
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: cáo buộc
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