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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Complaining
be/go on at someoneidiom
bellyaching
bemoan
bewail
brouhaha
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
carping
clamour
complain
grizzle
make noisesidiom
mutter
nag
pardon
remonstrate
representation
start on at someone
unreported
vituperation
whiner

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Taking legal action

Examples from literature

And I suppose the complainant wrote to the Gas Company, and got no redress? 
Counsel for the complainant jumped to his feet. 
His name nowhere appears as complainant, witness, or actor in any shape. 
The complainant came to me, and appealed to my recollection of the circumstance. 
The massive lady turned and haughtily surveyed the complainant. 

complainant | Business English

complainant
noun[ C ]
/kəmˈpleɪnənt/ukus(alsoplaintiff)
LAW
a person who makes a formal complaint in a law court that they have been harmed by someone else:
The burden of proof is on the complainant to bring forth any evidence they have.

Examples of complainant

complainant
If we do not take complainants at face value, how are we to investigate their claims?
He then appeared as complainant in the case against his former friend, and he obviously had a different version of the events.
Elders encouraged such complainants to drop criminal charges and instead to open civil suits for the cattle outstanding.
Finally, chapter 6 describes the mechanisms whereby the complainants, the judges, and the linguists tried to secure authority for their stances.
In elopement cases, complainants similarly focused their testimony on two selected topics : bridewealth and parental authority in making marriages.
By focusing on the "options" not chosen by the complainants, the woman faculty member succeeds in characterizing the women's behavior as lacking in resistance.
Balancing conflicting interests is fundamental to police practice, and the interests of complainants have rarely figured prominently given the police's wideranging responsibilities.
She had proved this false (by becoming pregnant by the accused) and she vehemently refused to return to the complainant.
Both complainants testified that they felt confusion and shame when they individually reflected upon their experiences.
This is not to say, however, that the complainants subscribe to this same interpretation of the events.
The introduction of intellectual property into the governance regime for global trade immediately transformed the enforcement mechanisms available to complainants.
The search for effective complaints systems is severely damaged by underrepresentation of complainants' interests in the reform process and by those responsible for procedures.
According to the complainants, the basculero purposely set the scale to under-weigh their cane loads.
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