: being such according to reputation or general belief
a reputed mobster
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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.
She was hired for her reputed talents as a manager. this treatment is a reputed cure for colon cancer, but studies haven't confirmed that claim
Recent Examples on the WebOn a late-November afternoon in 2019, a few weeks after Taylor closed on the purchase of the old mill, Tyson and other reputed gang members gathered outside the office on Red Cross Street. Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Authorities believe Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit in 1975 while meeting with reputed mobsters. Ed White, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2022 Authorities believe Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit in 1975 while meeting with reputed mobsters.CBS News, 22 July 2022 Police alleged that Tinsley was a reputed gang member. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 18 July 2022 Crimo’s background — as a reputed loner who made threats of violence and collected weapons, resulting in encounters with law enforcement — appears to be exactly what lawmakers were targeting in the new law. Mike Debonis, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2022 Crimo’s background — as a reputed loner who made threats of violence and collected weapons, resulting in encounters with law enforcement — appears to be exactly what lawmakers were targeting in the new law. Mike Debonis, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 The reputed Vladimir Putin ally, who was sanctioned by the UK, the EU and Canada last March, has been hemorrhaging assets amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 June 2022 Ten reputed members of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang have been charged in U.S. District Court with running open-air drug markets that distributed cocaine and fentanyl-laced heroin on Chicago’s West Side. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2022 See More