inform (against)

verb

Definition of inform (against)next
as in to report

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inform (against)
  1. report
  2. implicate
  3. try
  4. prosecute
  5. sue
Verb
  • The unidentified stowaway made it on board Delta Flight 487 on Tuesday, but the crew was alerted to their presence before takeoff, ABC News reported.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • After the signing Monday, schools will also now be required to publicly report these hazing incidents and publish the results from subsequent investigations.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of report
Verb
  • For example, your Honor, if there is a joint investigation, that implicates certain discovery obligations in the Manhattan DA case that they—that if that case is proceeding, we'll be entitled to discovery.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • However, there was no DNA evidence implicating any of the three men accused of assaulting her.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of implicate
Verb
  • Neil Eggleston, who served as White House counsel during former President Barack Obama’s second term but is not part of Biden’s review, said clemency for categories of defendants is a policy decision typically driven by advocacy groups rather than individuals trying to rectify their own situations.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Parker Solar Probe: Solar Corona Solar scientists are specifically trying to understand where the solar wind is accelerated to supersonic speeds.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of try
Verb
  • Their requests come as the incoming president weighs issuing blanket pardons to many people who were convicted in connection to the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, as well as punishing those involved in prosecuting crimes related to it.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But a fuller explanation, drawn from corporate filings, interviews, and criminal court and bankruptcy records, shows how the DOJ, after years of aggressively prosecuting opioid companies, delayed for a decade a winning criminal case against Endo.
    Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of prosecute
Verb
  • There is a notion of qualified immunity for federal officials, and especially prosecutors, from being sued for their official acts, but this would be unlikely to apply when a federal official brings legal proceedings knowingly and maliciously to seek retribution.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Her anguish worsened with a subsequent discovery: Florida law essentially blocked her from suing doctors and the hospital alleging shoddy medical care.
    Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of sue
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