take legal action

phrase

: to do start a lawsuit against someone : to sue someone

Examples of take legal action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The attorney general is authorized to take legal action against anyone who violates this law, which carries potential criminal penalties. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Meiner hinted the city might have to take legal action to settle the bridge issue. — Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

After nearly a year of requesting receipts for expenses incurred by or at the request of Mayor Thaddeus Jones, all seven Calumet City aldermen voted Monday to take legal action to receive documentation for $76,000 of spending. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

Ray Seilie, attorney at Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir, said that states can use both to take legal action. — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for take legal action

• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction
• inaction
• infraction