to lodge

Examples

• All

• Locally, residents can lodge a complaint with the local Humane Society board.

  Blog text (19)

• I'll have to lodge a complaint with Mrs. Baker.

  Albert Nobbs (2011)

• Want to lodge a complaint?

  Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)

• I want to lodge a complaint.

  Larger Than Life (1996)

• I shall personally lodge a complaint to the Chinese Foreign Office in the morning.

  55 Days at Peking (1963)

• I'd like to lodge a complaint.

  Jack Ensch: Hanoi Hilton POW (2016)

• If the defendants would like to lodge a complaint, they are welcome to take it up with the Japanese government.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• You've come here to lodge a complaint?

  The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

• When we get back to Uni, Let's lodge a formal complaint.

  Creatures (2021)

• As a taxpayer, I'd like to lodge a complaint, as a matter of fact.

  Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Synonyms

F

to file

vsto lodge

• Formal

∞ 3.7

To officially give a document to a court or other authority

involves making a formal accusatory statement to authorities rather than filing papers

C

to charge

vsto lodge

• Formal

996 4.2

Officially accuse someone of a crime

is about making a formal statement to police or court

I

to indict

vsto lodge

• Formal

252 8.0

To officially accuse someone of a serious crime in court

is a general formal report to police or court rather than jury action

C

to criminate

vsto lodge

• Archaic

1 9.9

To say someone committed a crime, for example in court

focuses on reporting the accusation to police or court

Antonyms

W

to withdraw

103 3.7

To take back something you said before, especially in public

Phrasal Verbs

L

to lodge in

1 3.7

To stay in a place often for a short time

Compounds

H

hunting lodge

5 4.5

A small house or cabin in the countryside where people stay while hunting

S

ski lodge

• UK

4 3.2

A building near ski slopes where people stay and warm up

M

motor lodge

• US

3 3.6

A small hotel by a road with parking spaces in front of rooms

I

Indian lodge

• Archaic

1 8.2

A traditional home used by some Native American groups like a tepee or wigwam

S

shooting lodge

• Archaic

1 7.4

A small house in the country where hunters stay during hunting season

How Official

to prosecute

403 6.1

to lodge

• Formal

21 5.6

to file

• Formal

∞ 3.7

to report

533 1.6

to complain

∞ 1.0

to mention

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology