legal action

noun

: a process to have a court of law settle an argument

He plans on taking legal action against the company.

Examples of legal action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After her request was denied, the Guzmans became the first family to pursue legal action against the district in an effort to challenge school segregation. —Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026

Reporters investigating whether a lawmaker lives outside their district could be forced to remove their reporting or face legal action. —Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

However, as of now, neither the mayor, the city of Hialeah, nor city attorneys have filed a formal complaint or initiated legal action against Netflix, Calvo said. —Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, a skeptic of direct confiscation and fearful of legal action from the Kremlin, reiterated that any such disposition must comply with international law. —Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for legal action

• benefaction
• counteraction
• interaction
• liquefaction
• putrefaction
• rarefaction
• satisfaction
• stupefaction
• tumefaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction