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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alleged case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation or incident that has been claimed or reported but not yet proven or confirmed.
Example: "The court is currently reviewing the evidence presented in the alleged case of fraud."
Alternatives: "purported case" or "claimed case".
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An alleged case of self-plagiarism by an eminent member of the chemistry community was re-examined.
The last alleged case of "rendition" occurred nearly three years ago.On the International Criminal Court, too, the administration has subtly changed its tune.
Sources told the Standard that this particular alleged case involves an unprecedentedly young girl, and every effort is being made to gather evidence to allow police to bring charges.
Even Darwin, as late as 1868, seriously discussed an alleged case of telegony: that of a mare mated to a zebra and subsequently to an Arabian stallion, by whom the mare produced a foal with faint stripes on his legs.
The whistleblower also claimed that another alleged case of sexual assault by a Serco member of staff occurred in August 2012, involving a particularly vulnerable detainee with profound psychological issues.
Before that he had been arrested after a night out in Newquay in 2006 and in trouble again after an alleged case of assault at the wedding of a Bath team-mate, Matt Perry, in 2007.
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There was another mini-peak in 1982, when 12 alleged cases occurred.
Jean La Fontaine, an anthropologist, was commissioned by the department of health to investigate alleged cases.
One submission from a former child protection worker, Viktoria Vibhakar, alleged cases of abuse of asylum seekers' children as young as two.
A subsequent 2013 documentary, Blackfish, which alleged cases of chronic mistreatment of whales and attracted additional scrutiny, was then followed by the resignation of SeaWorld's chief executive Jim Atchinson.
The report, titled "Make Him Speak by Tomorrow": Torture and Other Ill-treatment in Thailand, documents 74 alleged cases of torture and other ill-treatment including beatings, strangling by hand or rope, waterboarding and forms of humiliation.
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