Sentence examples for Allegedly from inspiring English sources
"allegedly" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is used when making a statement that is based on hearsay or rumors, or that the speaker believes to be true but does not have concrete proof. For example, "John allegedly stole the car from his neighbor's driveway."
adverb
According to someone's allegation.
- The suspect was allegedly involved in the robbery, but his alibi placed him in another state at the time.
He was unarmed, but had allegedly been throwing rocks at traffic.
Just before Easter, News Corp Australia reached a confidential settlement with the human rights lawyer George Newhouse over an allegedly defamatory article by its star columnist and host of Ten's The Bolt Report, Andrew Bolt.
The gang allegedly carried out up to 20 abortions a day.
In another, a group of Ukip-supporting men in Ramsgate allegedly abused voters of other parties as "scum".
Axact employees operating a boiler room-style operation also allegedly posed as US officials to bully potential customers into paying thousands of dollars for worthless accreditation.
The documents handed over to HMRC allegedly show how Google's London sales staff would negotiate and sign contracts with British customers, and cash was paid into a UK bank account, but the deals were technically booked through its Dublin office to minimise its liabilities here.
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The incident allegedly happened on one of last Saturday's services run by Arriva Trains Wales.
The Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos is to appear before the New South Wales corruption watchdog on Thursday to give evidence about his role at an Obeid-linked company allegedly used to funnel taxpayers' money to the Liberal party.
Roozendaal allegedly later texted her: "Can you call me back before we both do something we'll regret".
This article replaces a previous version which wrongly stated that the SFO had "decided against" pursuing the Conservative party for return of funds allegedly stolen from the Polly Peck group by Asil Nadir.
