as in accusations
a statement saying that someone has done something wrong or illegal
The police are investigating allegations that the mayor has accepted bribes. The mayor denies the allegations against him.
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Recent Examples of allegations
Tobacco parallels The Los Angeles trial centers on allegations made by a 20-year-old woman, Kaley, and her mother that four social media giants intentionally designed addictive platforms that hooked her as a child and led to mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression.
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Inside, Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, 22, sitting in the passenger seat and a 38-year-old man in the driver’s seat, were ordered at gunpoint to turn over their wallets and keys without turning around toward their robbers, prosecutors said in a court proffer of allegations.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
The Labor Department’s inspector general was conducting an internal investigation into Chavez-DeRemer when the allegations against her husband arose.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2026
Blatter denied the allegations and was cleared of financial wrongdoing in March 2025 by a Swiss appeals court.
—Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
State legislators are looking at possible changes to a law that triggered the flood of cases over decades-old allegations by extending the statute of limitations.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
In a statement, Caleb Flynn's lawyer said his client looks forward to defending himself against the allegations.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
The allegations involving Huntsman were relayed to Connecticut State Police, officials said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party had languished in the opposition for much of the last decade; its leader, Tarique Rahman, went into exile in 2008 following corruption allegations.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Inside, Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, 22, sitting in the passenger seat and a 38-year-old man in the driver’s seat, were ordered at gunpoint to turn over their wallets and keys without turning around toward their robbers, prosecutors said in a court proffer of allegations.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
The Labor Department’s inspector general was conducting an internal investigation into Chavez-DeRemer when the allegations against her husband arose.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2026
Blatter denied the allegations and was cleared of financial wrongdoing in March 2025 by a Swiss appeals court.
—Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
State legislators are looking at possible changes to a law that triggered the flood of cases over decades-old allegations by extending the statute of limitations.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
In a statement, Caleb Flynn's lawyer said his client looks forward to defending himself against the allegations.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
The allegations involving Huntsman were relayed to Connecticut State Police, officials said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party had languished in the opposition for much of the last decade; its leader, Tarique Rahman, went into exile in 2008 following corruption allegations.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegations
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The accusations come after Anthropic’s rival OpenAI made similar allegations earlier this month that DeepSeek and other Chinese AI companies are illegally distilling its ChatGPT models over the past year, in a memo sent to the US House Select Committee on China.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Communication is a maze of deflections, accusations disguised as jokes, taunts masquerading as sincerity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Federal defense attorneys have filed motions to dismiss indictments, citing difficulties accessing their clients in immigration detention centers and, in at least one case, struggling to locate them at all.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Noelcius was an investigative magistrate in Haiti, a powerful post from which judges carry out investigations and, based on findings, issue indictments and warrants for the arrest of individuals.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Allegations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegations. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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