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complaint

[ kuhm-pleynt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding:
his complaint about poor schools.
a cause of discontent, pain, grief, lamentation, etc.
a cause of bodily pain or ailment; malady:
The doctor says I suffer from a rare complaint.
Synonyms: ailment, illness, sickness
Law. the first pleading of the plaintiff in a civil action, stating the cause of action.

complaint

/ kəmˈpleɪnt /

the act of complaining; an expression of grievance
a cause for complaining; grievance
a mild ailment
English law a statement by which a civil proceeding in a magistrates' court is commenced

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English compleynte, from Middle French complainte, from Latin com- com- + plancta plaint

Chan ordered the man to put it down and the ensuing criminal complaint would say that he complied.

“Defendant moved his hands in a manner so as to avoid the application of handcuffs to his wrists,” the complaint says.

The complaint continues, “During this period of time, defendant escaped police custody.”

The dress bizarrely burdened Hurley with a ready-made character to play up to, which she did without overt complaint.

In January 2013, the TRN group filed a second complaint in the Dial Global suit, demanding a jury trial.

It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'

I have erected above 100 steam-engines on this principle, but never met with one accident or complaint against them.

A noted miser boasted that he had lost five shillings without uttering a single complaint.

Ive heerd that complaint of it once or twice before, replied the trader; but it soon cools down again; dont you find it so?

Other writers suffered from that complaint known as "swelled head," but Walter Fetherston never.

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