Make an allegation

  • 1allegation — n. assertion 1) to make an allegation 2) to drop, retract, withdraw an allegation 3) to deny; refute an allegation 4) a false; serious; unproved, unsubstantiated, unsupported; vague allegation 5) an allegation about; against (allegations of fraud …

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  • 2allegation — UK US /ˌælɪˈgeɪʃən/ noun [C] ► a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but which has not been proved to be true: allegation about sth »The chief executive of the company resigned last autumn over allegations about his… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3allegation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ damaging, serious ▪ baseless, false, spurious (esp. BrE), unfounded, unproven, unsubstantiated, untrue …

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  • 4allegation */*/ — UK [ˌæləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable, often plural] Word forms allegation : singular allegation plural allegations a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved deny allegations (= say they… …

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  • 5allegation — al|le|ga|tion [ ,ælə geıʃn ] noun count often plural ** a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved: allegation of: allegations of fraud and corruption allegation that: There were allegations… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6make — verb Make is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑batsman, ↑company, ↑factory, ↑firm, ↑picture, ↑recipe, ↑sale Make is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accompaniment, ↑accusation, ↑ …

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  • 7make love to —    to copulate with    In gentler times, it meant no more than to court:     ... generally they had made love to her, and, if they did not, she presumed they did not care about her, and gave them no further attention. (Somerville and Ross, 1894,… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 8False allegation of child sexual abuse — A false allegation of child sexual abuse is an accusation by a child or young adolescent that a person committed one or more acts of child sexual abuse when in reality there was no perpetration of abuse by the accused person as alleged. Studies… …

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  • 9Zack and Miri Make a Porno — U.S. theatrical release poster Directed by Kevin Smith …

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  • 10burden of allegation — n. The burden on a party seeking to raise an issue at trial to make allegations about it in a pleading. Also called burden of pleading or pleading burden. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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