claimed
Said was true
Claimed is the past tense of claim, meaning to assert ownership or state something as true.
Someone who claimed responsibility took credit or blame.
A claimed benefit is one asserted but not necessarily proven.
What's claimed may be legitimate or disputed: She claimed the inheritance; He claimed he was innocent.
Expressed in words
- declaredStated with authority
- allegedClaimed but unproven
- maintainedKept in condition
- insistedFirmly declared or demanded
professed · contended · asserted · argued · proclaimed · announced · averred · held
Possessed legally
acquired · obtained · secured · took · seized · appropriated · requisitioned · commandeered
Incorporated into one's domain
- occupiedCurrently in use
- colonizedEstablished foreign control over
- settledNo longer in question
- stakedWagered or anchored
demarcated · disputed · contested · seized · conquered · reclaimed · ceded · sovereignty
Confessed or granted entry
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- recognizedPerceived as familiar
- confessedAdmitted wrongdoing openly
granted · owned · allowed · acknowledged · confirmed · avowed · acquiesced · yielded
Required with force
- requestedAsked for specifically
- petitionedFormally asked for something
- soughtAttempted to find
- pursuedWent after persistently
submitted · lodged · redeemed · collected · cashed in · exercised · invoked
stated
Expressed in words
- declaredStated with authority
- allegedClaimed but unproven
- maintainedKept in condition
insisted · professed · contended · asserted · argued · proclaimed · announced · averred · held · attested
owned
Possessed legally
possessed · acquired · obtained · secured · took · seized · appropriated · requisitioned · commandeered · collected
annexed
Incorporated into one's domain
staked · demarcated · disputed · contested · seized · conquered · reclaimed · ceded · sovereignty · jurisdiction
admitted
Confessed or granted entry
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- recognizedPerceived as familiar
confessed · granted · owned · allowed · acknowledged · confirmed · avowed · acquiesced · yielded · acceded
demanded
Required with force
- requestedAsked for specifically
- petitionedFormally asked for something
- soughtAttempted to find
pursued · submitted · lodged · redeemed · collected · cashed in · exercised · invoked
deserved
Rightfully earned or warranted
- earnedGained by effort
- meritedRightfully earned or warranted
- warrantedProperly justified or sanctioned
owed · due · rightful · inherited · bequeathed · vested · allocated · assigned · awarded · granted
killed
Caused to die
victims · casualties · fatalities · deaths · toll · lost · perished · succumbed
- Already Takentaken, reserved, booked, occupied, held
- speech verbssaid, says, asked, answered, replied
- Not Availablebooked, reserved, occupied, held, spoken for
- possessionowned, acquired, possessed, kept, retained
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
- dibsdibs, mine, called it, shotgun, finders keepers
claimeddenied
Refused or disavowed
disclaimed · refuted · disavowed · retracted · contradicted
claimedunclaimed
Not yet taken
abandoned · relinquished · disclaimed · surrendered · forfeited
- baggage claimWhere travelers retrieve checked items
- claim to fameDistinguishing accomplishment or feature
- stake a claimAssert ownership of something
- insurance claimDemand for policy payment
- false claimsUntrue statements presented as fact
- small claimsLow-value legal actions