The phrase "allegedly rich" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's wealth that is claimed but not verified or proven.
Example: "The businessman is allegedly rich, but no one has seen his financial records."
Alternatives: "supposedly wealthy" or "reportedly affluent".
He was allegedly rich and of good family, and a pupil of the philosopher Theophrastus, a follower of Aristotle.
For many readers, the section on the insane campaign against the kulaks (allegedly rich peasants) may be the most enlightening.
The piece - in which a north London Liberal Jewish clan discover, with horror, that their young son has become religious - has been hailed for its (allegedly) rich and detailed depiction of family life and for its social insights.
The government retaliated with attacks on "fat cat lawyers" allegedly getting rich on legal aid.
The tax police are also pursuing the financiers who allegedly help rich Italians funnel their money out of the country by disguising their assets in shell companies.
Maduro has rejected economic reforms out of loyalty to socialism and because many government officials are allegedly getting rich off the economic distortions – through exchange rate scams and by selling scarce food on the black market.
Did the feds forget about former UBS banker Raoul Weil, who was indicted back in 2008 for allegedly helping rich U.S. clients hide billions?
To counter president bush's allegedly "pro rich" tax cuts, congressional Democrats will propose temporarily suspending for six months to a year the Social Security and Medicare taxes (15.3%, split between the employer and the employee) on the first $10,000 of anyone's income.
Using the same logic, it seems quite reasonable to say Clive Palmer – our own allegedly mega-rich and megalomaniac anti-politician – has taken the entire political system for a ride.
I think it is very hard to argue against this proposition, and it sets the current debate about the rich allegedly getting richer in a totally new light.
And if we look at other countries, Silvio Berlusconi, allegedly Italy's richest man, comes to mind.Humphrey Taylor Chairman, The Harris Poll Harris Interactive New York.
