seek damages

idiom

law
: to ask a court to require someone who has treated one unfairly or hurt one in some way to pay money

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The lawsuit, however, doesn’t seek damages related to her educational attainment. Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025 The court’s 1971 decision let a Brooklyn man seek damages against individual federal narcotics agents for violating his Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Ella Lee, The Hill, 30 June 2025 Lawyers for Landor argued that Congress enacted the two laws to provide meaningful protection for religious liberty, and denying litigants the opportunity to seek damages for violations of RLUIPA would render that promise empty. Melissa Quinn june 23, CBS News, 23 June 2025 Sevier also would seek damages if testimony indicates that the crash aggravated a pre-existing physical condition. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for seek damages

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“Seek damages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seek%20damages. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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