as in plaintiff
the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another
the complainant charged that the defendant had broken the ironclad contract that both had signed
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Recent Examples of complainant
Two of the complainants reported injuries and one reported a crash that could have been caused by the problem, Ford said.
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CBS News, 25 June 2024
There is no language within the Act that requires the complainant to be from a minority or marginalised race, nor that the defendant comes from a place of racial privilege.
—Crystal Andrews, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Gilead settled with the complainants in June to the tune of $40 million, without admitting fault.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 26 July 2024
In the 2024 session, the Legislature passed a major change to Florida’s ethics law (SB 7014), requiring a complainant to have personal knowledge of the facts of a case.
—Barbara Sharief, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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CBS News, 25 June 2024
There is no language within the Act that requires the complainant to be from a minority or marginalised race, nor that the defendant comes from a place of racial privilege.
—Crystal Andrews, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Gilead settled with the complainants in June to the tune of $40 million, without admitting fault.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 26 July 2024
In the 2024 session, the Legislature passed a major change to Florida’s ethics law (SB 7014), requiring a complainant to have personal knowledge of the facts of a case.
—Barbara Sharief, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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“Complainant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainant. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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