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Collocations for allegation - noun

ADJECTIVE

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, rape

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VERB + 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.

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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.

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