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alleging

VERB

assert; claim

Synonyms

STRONGEST

charge cite declare depose maintain plead recount testify

STRONG

adduce advance affirm aver avouch avow lay offer present profess recite state

WEAK

asservate put forward

Antonyms

STRONG

deny take take back withdraw withhold

WEAK

contradict disagree dissent object protest repudiate

Example Sentences

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Alleging widespread and egregious violations of housing and tenant laws, Atty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

Alleging that these claims and other, similar ones were libelous, Dominion sued Fox in March 2021, asking for $1.6 billion in damages.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2023

Alleging that the deal was mismanaged, he sued Crédit Lyonnais, accusing the company of undervaluing Adidas and bilking him in the sale.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021

Alleging sexual misconduct also tends to involve turning one’s life upside down and shaking out the contents for public scrutiny.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2017

Alleging the example set by Plutarch and Saint-Simon, they make their histories of the eighteenth century a mine of anecdote, a pageant of picturesque situations.

From Renée Mauperin by Hallard, Alys