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

Freedom made good on his promise of legal action just weeks later. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Now, his parents are reportedly considering legal action against the rehab center and the sober coach who allegedly brought him to there and left. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026

Elon Musk, whose political transformation and business career are examined over the course of the nearly four-hour film, has threatened legal action. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

Mamdani made a rent freeze one of his signature issues on the campaign trail, but has backed away from making many public statements about it as mayor, under the threat of legal action. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for legal action

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