complaint
350
5.3
- noun
- /kəmˈpleɪnt/
- Formal
:
denuncia
- I'm filing a complaint with the district attorney.
- file a complaint
- a formal complaint
- lodge a complaint
And I made a complaint to Merseyside Police.
- And I made a complaint to Merseyside Police.
- And, and Ross Perot was the guy that brought the complaint to the FBI, to Bill Webster.
- Yes, formal complaints you'd like to lodge, anything at all.
- The trial judge found for Austin in the first complaint and dismissed the second.
- But here again, in the Judiciary, you file complaints with the Council on Judiciary.
- All of these facts come from the complaint that YouTube filed in federal court.
- So they have me there on a sworn complaint, which means no indictment, nothing.
- Scott, your thoughts starting with this new complaint from the DOJ?
- Yeah, and a complaint from the premier of Cambodia, Synuk.
- Well, he already countersued him and he posted a link to his lawsuit, his complaint on his Instagram.
- The SEC complaint describes what went wrong in great detail.
- I get to read the second amended complaint.
- They arrested me in Florida and it was a complaint.
- You will be out that money once the victims bank gets the complaint.
- At what time stamp do we get a call from the downstairs for a noise complaint?
- He said for I'm going to make a complaint to the press complaints.
Examples
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And did you ever report this or file a complaint?
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Do you wish to file a complaint, sir?
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- I can take your complaint, sir.
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I wish to make a complaint.
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- I have to register a complaint.
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Then she filed her complaint naming him.
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And I made a complaint to Merseyside Police.
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From there, Stratton went to the police station to file a complaint about the missing diamonds.
Fiction book (1991) -
This complaint was filed on behalf of one Josey Aimes.
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I intend to submit a complaint regarding the improper handling of my case by the authorities.
Synonyms
∞
6.0
An official accusation of a crime
719
4.8
A person or company brings a claim to court to get a legal decision
579
4.8
A statement that someone did something wrong without proof
431
2.6
A request for money or help because you believe you have a right to it
A written statement to a court that explains a complaint and asks the court to fix the problem
Antonyms
How Official
- Formal
271
7.8
- Formal
∞
6.0
- Formal
350
5.3
394
3.1
- Literature
579
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Complaint comes from an old French word complainte and from the Latin root plangere, which meant 'to cry out in sorrow'. So a legal complaint is like an official 'cry' to a court saying someone has done something wrong.