reputed
adjective
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Reputed is used constantly today by reporters, and almost always to describe suspected criminals—"the reputed mobster", "the reputed drug kingpin", "the reputed gang leader", etc. But the word shouldn't be left to journalists; your elderly aunt may, for instance, be reputed to have made a large fortune in oil, or to have had four husbands who all died mysteriously. Reputed is easy to confuse with reputable, and they used to mean the same thing—that is, "having a good reputation"—but it's become rare to hear reputed used with that meaning today.
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Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Should Bordeaux wines from this vintage be regarded with less respect than those from other more reputed or ‘stellar’ years?
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
Frances found the painting had somehow ended up in the hands of Joseph Covello Sr., a reputed lieutenant of the Gambino crime family.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
And, with a reputed budget of two billion dollars, Norman and his colleagues seem determined to soak up financial losses and sweep away the existing structure of golf, which is dominated by the P.G.A., a not-for-profit organization based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 20 July 2022
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“Reputed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reputed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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