sue
(Law)
[verb]
Synonyms: take (someone) to court, charge, indict, prosecute, summon

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Related Idioms: make (or pay) suit to, press one's suit

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sue /sjuː $ suː/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: suer 'to follow, make a legal claim to', from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequi; ⇒ sequence]

1. to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have harmed you in some way:
If the builders don’t fulfil their side of the contract, we’ll sue.
The company is suing a former employee.
sue (somebody) for libel/defamation/negligence/slander etc
Miss James could not afford to sue for libel.
She was suing doctors for negligence over the loss of her child.
The railway may sue for damages (=in order to get money) because of loss of revenue.
He is being sued for divorce (=in order to end a marriage) by his wife.

2. sue for peace formal if a country or army sues for peace, they ask for peace, especially because there is no other good choice:
They had hoped to force the North to sue for peace.

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sue
verb
ADV. successfully | unsuccessfully
VERB + SUE be able to, be entitled to, have the right to | threaten to
PREP. for He threatened to sue the company for negligence.
over The water authority was successfully sued over his illness.

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SUE
Stupid User Error

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