- allegation
- nounADJECTIVE▪ damaging, serious▪ baseless, false, spurious (esp. BrE), unfounded, unproven, unsubstantiated, untrue, wild▪ malicious▪ defamatory▪ credible, true▪
The defendants in the libel case maintain that their allegations are true.
▪ fresh, further, new▪There have been fresh allegations of atrocities.
▪ widespread▪ corruption, fraud, rapeVERB + ALLEGATION▪ level (esp. BrE), make, publish, report▪ retract (esp. BrE), withdraw▪I advise you to withdraw your allegation before I contact my lawyer.
▪ be at the centre/center of, be confronted with, face▪the school at the centre/center of these allegations
▪ admit▪She refused to admit the allegations.
▪ deny, dismiss, dispute, reject▪ answer, contest, counter, refute▪The president has the right to answer specific allegations.
▪He will need to counter allegations that he accepted money from criminals.
▪ confirm, prove, support▪The committee found no evidence to support allegations of smuggling.
▪ disprove▪It took over two months to disprove the allegation.
▪ give rise to, lead to, prompt (esp. BrE), provoke▪The sudden collapse of the business led to allegations of corrupt deals.
▪ examine, investigate, look into, probe (used in journalism)▪The governor of the prison is investigating allegations that a prisoner was attacked and beaten by a prison warden.
PREPOSITION▪ amid allegation▪He has resigned amid corruption allegations.
▪ allegation about, allegation concerning▪allegations about the president's private life
▪ allegation against▪He has made certain allegations against the company.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.