From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crime & lawallegational‧le‧ga‧tion /ˌælɪˈɡeɪʃən/ ●●○ noun [countable usually plural]SCa statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but that has not been provedallegations of corruption/fraud/misconduct etc
Mr Singh has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment.allegation that
an allegation that senior government figures were involvedallegation against
The teacher made serious allegations against a colleague.allegation of
A committee will investigate allegations of racial discrimination.► see thesaurus at claimExamples from the Corpusallegation• He has made an allegation, and I expect him to substantiate it.• There have been allegations in the press that the fire was started deliberately.• Previously the coupallegations have been launched against the manner by which Bushobtained the presidency.• Weimar deniedallegations of financial mismanagement.• I told the Minister that I found his allegationsincredible.• It is a wild and mischievousallegation, for which the hon. Lady has not a shadow of evidence.• These are seriousallegations. Do you have any evidence to support them?• The newspaper made several allegations, none of which turned out to be true.• The book contains shockingallegations about the senator's private life.• As the allegations have come out over the past six months, neither party seems immune.• But if the allegation is hearsay or purefabrication, Walenski is being railroaded.• Prosecutors said the allegation was made long ago by an unreliablesupergrass, and no investigation is expected.• There were allegations of corruption in the police department.investigate allegations• The agencymonitors police activities and investigates allegations of copmisconduct.• Its chairman and company secretary are being questioned by police investigating allegations of fraud.• They're investigating allegations of interference with witnesses and tampering with evidence in a forthcomingtrial.• To investigate allegations of offences against tradingstandardslegislation.
