purport
verb
pur·port
| \ (ˌ)pər-ˈpȯrt
\
\
purported;
purporting;
purports
Definition of purport
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
a book that purports to be an objective analysis
also
: claim
foreign novels which he purports to have translated — Mary McCarthy