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 lower court held that plaintiffs could sue the company over looting during the deportation of 440,000 Jews, most of whom were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
That gave Trump a short-term win, by saying that the current case shouldn’t have been before this particular judge, and that means that these particular plaintiffs, many of whom are already in the Salvadoran prison, are, at least for the moment, out of luck.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Now, the four Jane Doe plaintiffs are suing the Shawnee church and The Church of the Nazarene for the accused cover up.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
James McManis, one of the plaintiff attorneys, and his legal team had argued Carboni and his fellow officers had other ways to intervene and that the public was not facing an imminent threat because Calonge had the gun in his waistband.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
That gave Trump a short-term win, by saying that the current case shouldn’t have been before this particular judge, and that means that these particular plaintiffs, many of whom are already in the Salvadoran prison, are, at least for the moment, out of luck.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Now, the four Jane Doe plaintiffs are suing the Shawnee church and The Church of the Nazarene for the accused cover up.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
James McManis, one of the plaintiff attorneys, and his legal team had argued Carboni and his fellow officers had other ways to intervene and that the public was not facing an imminent threat because Calonge had the gun in his waistband.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Plaintiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaintiff. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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