1. (British English, law) a complaint made against somebody in court

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2. (literary) a sad call or sound
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French plainte, feminine past participle of plaindre ‘complain’, or from Old French plaint, from Latin planctus ‘beating of the breast’.

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