as in plaintiffs
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 complainants
Perhaps this summer’s most common complainants have been Aston Villa.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for complainants
plaintiffs
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Police arrested or ticketed people, many of whom became plaintiffs in a later lawsuit in which an appellate court ruled the curfew didn't violate protesters' First Amendment rights.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The three plaintiffs are among the most senior and lauded FBI agents to have worked at the Bureau in recent memory.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Complainants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainants. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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