The word "allegation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that refers to a statement (usually made in a court of law) that someone has done something wrong or illegal. For example: The defendant denied all allegations that he had stolen money from the bank.
She nonetheless decided to pursue a claim through the university's complaints procedure but Oxford, it is claimed, failed to investigate the allegation properly or take any action against the alleged perpetrator.
"The allegation that he changed addresses for personal gain is untrue.
At Nazareth House in 1996, a sexual abuse allegation was raised with police.
The second allegation concerns the nature of the loans.
Is that partly their frustration with the focus on the rape allegation – that it has distracted from the art?
Most worrying was the allegation that the BBC had paid for a scientific experiment to investigate acupuncture as a "TV stunt" and had "sensationalised" the results.
Charb cannot argue back now, but those who read Malik's allegation should at least give him the respect of reading his Lettre aux escrocs de l'islamophobie qui font le jeu des racistes – a translation of which is available at goo.gl/KDeA9Y Peter McKenna Liverpool PEN views ridiculing a disadvantaged minority's deeply held religious beliefs as courageous.
"The allegation of double claiming is simply untrue.
The former deputy prime minister has long maintained the allegation is a conspiracy to end his political career.
But the National party has flatly rejected the allegation it infringed the rapper's work and says the backing came from an Australian-based production outfit.
Writing in The Star, commentator Suhaimi Aznam even suggested Anwar had invented the sodomy allegation to embarrass the government – and labelled him a drama queen.
