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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alleged influence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a claim or assertion about someone's influence that has not been proven or confirmed.
Example: "The investigation focused on the alleged influence of the lobbyist on the legislative process."
Alternatives: "purported influence" or "claimed influence".
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This week Zuma dropped his opposition to the publication of a report by Madonsela that recommends a commission of inquiry headed by a judge be set up within 30 days to investigate alleged influence peddling in government.
The former CEO of Adelson's highly profitable casinos in the Chinese enclave of Macau, Steven Jacobs, is suing because he claims to have been sacked for trying to break links to organised crime groups, the triads, and for attempting to halt alleged influence peddling with Chinese officials.
Find a bandwagon then clamber aboard, claiming alleged influence as you do so.
It was the first public appearance since October for Choi, who has been nicknamed Korea's "female Rasputin" for the alleged influence she wielded over Park.
They will portray the unions as the real power-brokers within the Labour Party, citing the number of MPs they sponsor and their alleged influence over policy.
The alleged influence of pacifists and socialists fed the obsession of the nationalist right wing and the military high command with betrayal and "internal enemies".
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In September he tried to expel a political rival in the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), Wang Jin-pyng, the legislature's speaker, for alleged influence-peddling.
He also alleged "undue influence" by "means of spiritual influence" during the campaign and on polling day.
Rao immediately caused controversy with comments criticising alleged Marxist influence on Indian historical studies and western-inspired methods of research.
The massive spread of digital misinformation has been identified as a major global risk6 and alleged to influence elections and threaten democracies7.
You don't know because they don't have to disclose". The remarks are part of a volley of recent attacks by Obama and other Democrats on alleged foreign influence within the Republican caucus, whether through support for outsourcing jobs by major U.S. corporations or through overseas money making its way into the coffers of GOP-leaning interest groups.
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