alleged crime

collocation in English

meaningsofallegedandcrime

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alleged
adjective
uk
/əˈledʒd/us
/əˈledʒd/
said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have ...
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crime
noun
uk
/kraɪm/us
/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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(Definition ofallegedandcrimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The former consist only of the names of prosecutors and defendants in criminal cases, along with theallegedcrimeand the verdict of the grand jury.
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They were officially on duty when theallegedcrimewas committed.
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It is solely to satisfy himself that theallegedcrimeis indeed an extradition crime.
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I will deal immediately with theallegedcrimewave of underpayment.
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To ensure the proper investigation ofallegedcrimechief officers of police maintain the closest co-ordination between forces.
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That is still more the case when an action fails or a person is acquitted of anallegedcrime.
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Suppose that the person first chosen is found to be the brother of the victim of theallegedcrime.
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Is it fair that this man should be liable to be apprehended twice for the sameallegedcrime?
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Despite being told that she had probably been deliberately harmed, they failed to investigate theallegedcrime.
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It might be that he had committed theallegedcrimein a country that is a party to the agreement.
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The legal question comes to this: are we to have retrospective, retroactive legislation to deal with thisallegedcrime?
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Has a man the right to have the indictment placed before him so that he may know what is hisallegedcrime?
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If he had a rather senior post when hisallegedcrimewas committed, he will at that time be in his nineties.
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Theallegedcrimeof perjury was based upon a false statement that he had made in order to obtain his exit visa.
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There are cases already recorded where newspapers have employed doubtful means to find out facts connected with cases ofallegedcrime.
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In the result the jury were drenched in words and the real substance of theallegedcrimewas lost sight of.
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No details of hisallegedcrimewere released, and no charges were made public.
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Perhaps he wants to show that, while he was there when theallegedcrimewas committed, the incident was very different from that described by the prosecution witness.
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A magistrates' court will have to determine whether an offence has been committed and then apply, in its judgment, the punishment to suit thatallegedcrime.
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However, the point is to recognise the vulnerability of employees under a contract of employment in a matter of constitutional importance; namely, the independent prosecution ofallegedcrime.
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Soah 20d, demands also in the case of a woman charged with adultery two witnesses of theallegedcrime.
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However, the term of incarceration might be reduced from the original potential sentence for theallegedcrime(s).
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Zerilli and the rest of theallegedcrimefamily leaders were freed on bail to await trial.
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The court will be able to act if the state in which theallegedcrimewas committed or the state of the accused's nationality is a party to the agreement.
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