Alleges

al;lege pronunciation: function: transitive verb inflected form(s): al;leged; al;leg;ingetymology: middle english alleggen to submit in evidence or as justification, adduce, from anglo-french aleger, allegger, probably in part modification of medieval latin allegare, from latin, to send as a representative, adduce in support of a plea (from ad- + legare to depute), in part from anglo-french aleger to lighten, free, exculpate, from late latin alleviare to relieve — more at legate, alleviatedate: 14th century 1 archaic : to adduce or bring forward as a source or authority2 : to assert without proof or before proving lt;the newspaper alleges the mayor's guiltgt;3 : to bring forward as a reason or excuse