1) a word tacked on to the beginning, middle, or end of a group of words that emphasizes that fact that what you are saying may not be true.

2) a word used to get your point across about someone or something without sounding biggoted, bias, or harsh.

3) a way to spread gossip around while verbally citing that you heard it from a source that may not be a reliably truthful source.

*use the word allegedly. it's much safer and makes you look less suspicious.

Something that might have taken place,but there is no proof to back up the claim.

Supposedly doing something like a scandal

When you do something embarrassing during a drug or alcohol fuelled runaway, all responsibility for such acts can be erased by simply saying 'allegedly' when talking about it afterwards.

Usually means it’s a load of shit.