complainant
a person, group, or company that makes a complaint, as in a legal action.
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How to use complainant in a sentence
He suggests that it may be more important to come up with common standards “to establish what is or isn’t actionable” to make sure that frivolous cases from ill-intentioned complainants do not get turned into vast, expensive lawsuits.
How a Democratic plan to reform Section 230 could backfire | Bobbie Johnson | February 8, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewRules about sharing the identity of complainants, which require that the identity of a person who complains about an officer to be provided to the officer under investigation.
How We Found Pricey Provisions in New Jersey Police Contracts | by Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press | February 8, 2021 | ProPublicaIn fact, it quietly closed the 2018 complaint last year — telling the complainants it believed it had investigated the matter “to the extent appropriate”.
UK resumes privacy oversight of adtech, warns platform audits are coming | Natasha Lomas | January 22, 2021 | TechCrunchThe complainant may not have mentioned the chokehold in early statements to investigators or the video may not clearly show exactly where the officer’s arms were placed.
Still Can’t Breathe | by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY, video by Lucas Waldron, ProPublica | January 21, 2021 | ProPublicaThe companies that make up the complainants remain mostly anonymous, citing fear of retaliation from Google.
U.K. antitrust probe targets Google Chrome privacy changes | David Meyer | January 8, 2021 | Fortune
They must assess the credibility of the complainant with an understanding that those both strong and weak are vulnerable.
The Real Victims in Rape Cases Like Greg Kelly’s | Rikki Klieman | January 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen there is any person who encountered or spoke to the complainant in the aftermath of the supposed liaison.
Ray Kelly’s Bad Week: NYPD Chief Sees Son Greg Accused of Rape | Michael Daly | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAll of those identified by the complainant denied any knowledge of wrongful conduct by the associate coach.
ESPN, Local Paper Sat on Syracuse Sex-Abuse Tape for Years | Allen Barra | November 29, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTJustice said she did not know the identity of the second complainant.
This Second Ballad gives us Fortune's response to the defiance of the complainant.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerI'll have the complainant here to-morrow, if it's a possible thing.
The Calico Cat | Charles Miner ThompsonAnneslie, the knight, was the complainant and the challenger.
Margaret of Anjou | Jacob Abbott.The problem was to establish the principle of irreparable injury to the complainant's property.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanHe here employs the very person against whom the complaint is made to imprison the complainant.
British Dictionary definitions for complainant
/ (kəmˈpleɪnənt) /
law a person who makes a complaint, usually before justices; plaintiff
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