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complainant

[kuhm-pley-nuhnt] / kəmˈpleɪ nənt /
NOUN
filer of court complaint
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Holder said he "didn't think to ask" the complainant whether it was okay to get in her taxi and go back to her flat, "but it was not about a lack of respect".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

In all of the documents Mr. Clark pored over, however, he didn’t find a single female complainant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Emma Martin, prosecuting, said Anderson and the complainant had spent the evening together in Cardiff.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

On 25 November, Mr Vickers went to her home address and advised her husband that he would issue a community resolution, an informal agreement between a complainant and an alleged offender.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

“No,” he said, “we have attempted to interview the so-called complainant and he denies that he was ever assaulted.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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