reputed
adjective
re·put·ed
ri-ˈpyü-təd 
2
: being such according to reputation or general belief
a reputed mobster
was hired for her reputed business acumen
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Reputed is used constantly today by reporters, and almost always to describe suspected criminals—"the reputed mobster", "the reputed drug kingpin", "the reputed gang leader", etc. But the word shouldn't be left to journalists; your elderly aunt may, for instance, be reputed to have made a large fortune in oil, or to have had four husbands who all died mysteriously. Reputed is easy to confuse with reputable, and they used to mean the same thing—that is, "having a good reputation"—but it's become rare to hear reputed used with that meaning today.
Examples of reputed in a Sentence
She was hired for her reputed talents as a manager.
this treatment is a reputed cure for colon cancer, but studies haven't confirmed that claim
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Near run-in with Scooter Braun Swift sat courtside at the Knicks game while her reputed enemy, Scooter Braun, was parked just a few rows behind her with his girlfriend, Sydney Sweeney.
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Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Under his leadership, the office has become a state leader for its use of red-flag laws and championed the escalation of charges against reputed fentanyl dealers linked to fatal overdoses and parents whose neglect is alleged to have caused a child’s death.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Later, the hotel became notorious for Mob activity and drug parties, and was the site where a reputed mobster and associate of the late Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa was gunned down in the parking lot in 1983.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
On your way from Pacific to Cuba, join legions of other Route 66 travelers who have stopped at Meramec Caverns, the state’s largest commercial cave and a reputed Jesse James hideout.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
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Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Under his leadership, the office has become a state leader for its use of red-flag laws and championed the escalation of charges against reputed fentanyl dealers linked to fatal overdoses and parents whose neglect is alleged to have caused a child’s death.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Later, the hotel became notorious for Mob activity and drug parties, and was the site where a reputed mobster and associate of the late Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa was gunned down in the parking lot in 1983.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
On your way from Pacific to Cuba, join legions of other Route 66 travelers who have stopped at Meramec Caverns, the state’s largest commercial cave and a reputed Jesse James hideout.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reputed
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“Reputed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reputed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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