as in complainant
the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another
the judge ruled that the plaintiff's lawsuit was groundless, and he dismissed it
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Recent Examples of plaintiff
The plaintiffs now seek compensation for customers who overpaid.
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Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
The plaintiffs said in their complaint that numerous agencies informed workers that the personnel office had ordered the terminations, with an order to use a template e-mail informing workers their firing was for performance reasons.
—Janie Har, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
On New Year’s Eve, Baldoni and nine other plaintiffs, including his crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, sued the New York Times for $250 million for libel.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Last week also saw the case that Combs and Jay-Z repeatedly raped a 13-year-old in 2000 dismissed by the Jane Doe plaintiff.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
The plaintiffs said in their complaint that numerous agencies informed workers that the personnel office had ordered the terminations, with an order to use a template e-mail informing workers their firing was for performance reasons.
—Janie Har, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
On New Year’s Eve, Baldoni and nine other plaintiffs, including his crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, sued the New York Times for $250 million for libel.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Last week also saw the case that Combs and Jay-Z repeatedly raped a 13-year-old in 2000 dismissed by the Jane Doe plaintiff.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Plaintiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaintiff. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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