rumour
                        // rumours, rumoured
                        spelled rumor in American English.
                   1
                        A rumour is a piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are
                        talking about.
                        There's a rumour that Mangel is coming here to speak.
                        ...rumours of street fighting and violence.
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                   2
                        If something is rumoured to be true, people are suggesting that it is true, but they
                        do not know for certain.
                        He was rumored to be living in Detroit.
                        It was rumoured that the body had been removed.
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