complainant

noun com·plain·ant \ kəm-ˈplā-nənt \

Updated on: 10 Apr 2018

Definition of complainant

1 : the party who makes the complaint in a legal action or proceeding

2 : one who complains

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Examples of complainant in a Sentence

the complainant charged that the defendant had broken the ironclad contract that both had signed

Recent Examples of complainant from the Web

The House bill, known as the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act, attempts to create an equal playing field for those making harassment complainants while also imposing personal accountability on the accused.

— NBC News, "Women senators demand vote on sexual harassment bill," 28 Mar. 2018
Others were instructed to find damaging information on complainants as a pretext for firing them.

— alexandra berzon, WSJ, "Casino Managers Enabled Steve Wynn’s Alleged Misconduct for Decades, Workers Say," 27 Mar. 2018
When superiors are confronted with reports of bad behavior, the complainants, mostly women, are disbelieved, demoted or fired.

— christina jewett, chicagotribune.com, "The #MeToo movement hits the medical field," 25 Mar. 2018
When superiors are confronted with reports of bad behavior, the complainants, mostly women, are disbelieved, demoted or fired.

— chicagotribune.com, "The #MeToo movement hits the medical field," 20 Mar. 2018
Dozens of people haven’t heard back from U.S. regulators nearly two years after their names were falsely used in letters supporting approval of a gas pipeline from Ohio to Canada, lawyers for the complainants said.

— james v. grimaldi, WSJ, "Complaints About Falsified Pipeline Endorsements Draw No Response," 20 Mar. 2018
In October 2015, the complainant told NHTSA that a 2012 Forte was involved in a serious front-end crash that occurred in July 2013.

— tom krisher, BostonGlobe.com, "Federal officials probe air bag failures in deadly wrecks," 18 Mar. 2018
Kaepernick, as is his right as the complainant, attended the deposition.

— aaron wilson, Houston Chronicle, "Texans' Bob McNair deposed in NFL collusion case, Colin Kaepernick attends," 16 Mar. 2018
The counsel for the church, a formal position that functions as counsel for the original 10 complainants against Meredith, is the Rev. Gregory Stover, the retired pastor of Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church in Indian Hill.

— mark curnutte, Cincinnati.com, "Gay United Methodist pastor in Clifton on trial – again," 5 Mar. 2018

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