Adjective : the reputed author of a book. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : persons of good repute. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : He was reputed to be a millionaire. From Dictionary.com.
By my use of the word reputed, the reader must not be led to think that. From Wordnik.com. [The Bertrams] Reference
Guyana is an Amerindian word reputed to mean "Land of the Water". From Wordnik.com. [Water profile of Guyana] Reference
Ferreira called his reputed wife of 41 years, Norma Valentine three times that night. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
Intelligence is really not what we think it is, it is not going to college or earning a PhD in so called reputed educational institutions. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
He shall not habitually associate with notoriously bad characters, such as reputed thieves and prostitutes. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
He is "reputed" to have used "pythons to terrorise women to submit to his will", the book said. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
You're reputed to be one of the savviest producers. From Wordnik.com. [Films Flavored With Curry] Reference
And Miller, 18, had struck up with a reputed drug dealer. From Wordnik.com. ['Down the Wrong Road'] Reference
Still, Al Qaeda is reputed to be expert at money laundering. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
They followed a logical course and had the backing of reputed scientific experts. From Wordnik.com. [Getting The Wrong Man] Reference
Living so close to a reputed flying-saucer depot can do things to a man's psyche. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Signals From Area 51] Reference
The victim was reputed to have organized-crime ties, but had broken with Yakovlev. From Wordnik.com. [Will Putin Take On The Mob?] Reference
Fuentes is reputed to have been the model for the fisherman in "The Old Man and the Sea.". From Wordnik.com. [How Papa Got His Name] Reference
But the issue that took up the most newspaper space was his reputed drinking and womanizing. From Wordnik.com. [Handover Horror Stories] Reference
Branson himself is worth a reputed £1.6 billion, with much of the money stashed in offshore trusts. From Wordnik.com. [Digital Dreams] Reference
Nazarian, meanwhile, is the scion of a family reputed to be the richest Persian Jews outside of Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood's New Moguls] Reference
"Bill is reputed to be the smartest SEAL that ever lived," says a former commander who knows McRaven well. From Wordnik.com. [THE HUNT HEATS UP] Reference
Josh's great grandfather was a Hungarian officer, my great great grandfather was a reputed Polish mobster. From Wordnik.com. [‘Where Jewish Vinyl Goes To Die’] Reference
The human face (Rembrandt's reputed strong suit) is often a cross between the Pillsbury Doughboy and a white raisin. From Wordnik.com. [Real Deal Rembrandt] Reference
Though it's unclear why he kept the diary, Rasputin attempts to justify his reputed position as a court power broker. From Wordnik.com. [A Monk's Tale] Reference
Look at Hong Kong, the former British colony reputed to have more Rolls-Royces per capita than any city on the planet. From Wordnik.com. [Japan's Mini Invasion] Reference
Abu Bakar Bashir, the reputed spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah, has denied that his group was involved in the blast. From Wordnik.com. [Paradise Lost] Reference
The lawyer, Allan Ackerman, has complained that the dentist may have coughed, sneezed or guffawed on the reputed crooks. From Wordnik.com. [Wiseguys] Reference
The figure reputed to be Mary Magdalene is actually the beloved disciple John, who is usually depicted young and clean-shaven. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding 'The Da Vinci Code'] Reference
And last month authorities arrested the Tractor's reputed right-hand man, Salvatore Sciarrabba, 53, in a dawn raid in Palermo. From Wordnik.com. [Britain: God Save The President] Reference
Taken advantage of years ago by reputed money launderers, Republic kept an especially sharp eye out for suspicious transactions. From Wordnik.com. [Death In Monaco] Reference
But then, who really knows what Donna Shalala-also reputed to be a sharp, tough administrator-really thinks about welfare reform?. From Wordnik.com. [Chilly Scenes Of Winter] Reference
In France, she's reputed to be a "man eater," a prolific "praying mantis" and has called herself a "polygamist" bored by monogamy. From Wordnik.com. [An Affair to Remember] Reference
Jonathan Preston Haynes, a reputed white supremacist and a Third Reich fanatic, hadn't come to Chicago to kill Dr. Martin Sullivan. From Wordnik.com. [Violence: A Killing Over 'Aryan Cosmetics'] Reference
Giusy has spoken of a secret rendezvous with the reputed godfather, Bernardo Provenzano, whom authorities have not seen in 42 years. From Wordnik.com. [TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA'] Reference
Recently, four doctors from a well-reputed medical institution in Pondicherry were caught cheating through text messaging in M.D. exams. From Wordnik.com. [Silvio's Swan Song] Reference
Since last June the reputed grave of the poet Virgil, author of the classic saga the Aeneid, has been desecrated three times in the night. From Wordnik.com. [Sunt Lacrimae Rerum] Reference
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