allegation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A claim, usually an accusation, that someone has done something wrong, made without proof.

   She made several serious allegations against her former employer.

2. 2
   noun

   A formal accusation made in a court of law.

   The company faces allegations of fraud.

Borrowed from Middle French allégation, from Latin allegatio, from allegare. By surface analysis, allege + -ation, see allege.

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