as in accusation
a statement saying that someone has done something wrong or illegal
The police are investigating allegations that the mayor has accepted bribes. The mayor denies the allegations against him.
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Recent Examples of allegation
The decision to remove references to the allegations was also reportedly influenced by concerns that including them could hurt the film’s box office performance.
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Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Per the outlet, there was also reportedly a scene in which investigators arrived at Neverland Ranch to search for evidence in the wake of the allegations.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Hassan Campbell, who had hung around Zulu Nation, and had seen Bambaataa as a father figure, followed with his own allegations, as did others.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
SpaceX said that the xAI allegations (and investigations in Brazil, Britain, California, Canada, France…) could give rise to additional lawsuits, liability, and government action that would harm the parent company’s opportunities in certain markets.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Per the outlet, there was also reportedly a scene in which investigators arrived at Neverland Ranch to search for evidence in the wake of the allegations.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Hassan Campbell, who had hung around Zulu Nation, and had seen Bambaataa as a father figure, followed with his own allegations, as did others.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
SpaceX said that the xAI allegations (and investigations in Brazil, Britain, California, Canada, France…) could give rise to additional lawsuits, liability, and government action that would harm the parent company’s opportunities in certain markets.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegation
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The dispute began after Indiana’s death in 2018 at 89 and centered around accusations of elder abuse, forgery, and copyright infringement.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Trump refuted those accusations in a heated interview with 60 Minutes host Norah O’Donnell on Sunday.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2026
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His lawyer, Ron Kuby, and Assistant District Attorneys Shalena Howard and Talia Gooding-Williams asked Justice Robert Mandelbaum to dismiss the decades-old indictment and conviction, citing a caseload of new evidence that was not disclosed at Ruiz’s November 1994 trial.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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When public outcry over the Wuhan lab and gain-of-function research increased, the indictment claims that Morens and co-conspirators purposefully moved government communications to private emails in order to hide them from the public.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Allegation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegation. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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