as in plaintiff
the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another
the complainant charged that the defendant had broken the ironclad contract that both had signed
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Recent Examples of complainant
The Workplace Bullying Institute notes that when bullying is reported, 62% of targets (that’s right the complainants) either lose their jobs or are pushed out.
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Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Katie Strang and Dan Robson have all those details here, including a member of the public recording proceedings with Ray-Ban Meta glasses and a lawyer leaking the location of the complainant on a radio station.
—Sam Settleman, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The Sun Sentinel has independently confirmed Pryor as the complainant and is identifying her because another newspaper, The Coastal Star, did previously.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
The complainant, 46-year-old Onisim Dorneanu of Wisconsin, until recently owned a total of 16 units in the building and lived in one of the units part-time, according to the filing.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Katie Strang and Dan Robson have all those details here, including a member of the public recording proceedings with Ray-Ban Meta glasses and a lawyer leaking the location of the complainant on a radio station.
—Sam Settleman, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The Sun Sentinel has independently confirmed Pryor as the complainant and is identifying her because another newspaper, The Coastal Star, did previously.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
The complainant, 46-year-old Onisim Dorneanu of Wisconsin, until recently owned a total of 16 units in the building and lived in one of the units part-time, according to the filing.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complainant
plaintiff
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In November, a jury sided with Ferguson, and Judge Cotton Walker awarded more than $43.8 million to the plaintiffs on Monday, according to court documents.—
Alex Sundby
June 19,
CBS News,
19 June 2025
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Both sides, meaning the plaintiffs being the athletes and the defendants meaning the conferences and the NCAA.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2025
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“Complainant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainant. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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