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plaint

noun agony, anguish, complaint, cry, dirge, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distress, expression of discontent, expression of grief, expression of pain, grief, grieving, groan, lament, lamenta, lamentation, moan, querela, querimonia, sigh, sorrow, wail, whine, woe

plaint

a statement in writing of grounds of complaint made to a court of law and asking for redress of the grievance.

PLAINT, Eng. law. The exhibiting of any action, real or personal, in writing; the party making his plaint is called the plaintiff.

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The inquiry, prompted by hundreds of com plaints from members of the public, focused on the activities of Redditch-based Midland Parking Contracts, which operated across the West Mercia, West Midlands, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire areas.

Six accused of blackmailing motorists

Although Iran is currently under UN sanctions, and despite Lieberman's plaints, the daily pointed out that it is not illegal to import weapons.

Israel-Syria-Iran

As a practical matter, no one pays attention to those com plaints from Iran since the Persian Gulf is international waters and all nations have a right to sail there.

China warships in Persian Gulf

Last year eight com plaints were made to the body's Independent Complaints Panel, which investigates any complaints made by members of the public against a product.

Portman urges public to name and shame

Keep an eye on your plaints so if a problem begins, you can catch it before it is too late.

Winter house plant care: keep your house in the green with Teresa Soule

This prohibition applies to all OSHA compliance inspections, including programmed inspections, employee corn plaints and imminent danger situations.

Congress takes steps to halt OSHA respirator fit testing

3 letter to school officials, AU's Khan noted that the organization received com plaints about the Veteran's Day program that included school-sponsored prayer Khan pointed out that a long line o Supreme Court rulings forbids official prayer at public school events.

Kentucky school drops lunchtime visits by Baptist ministers

Les annees precedentes, les exportateurs thailandais de crevettes se sont plaints que la politique de << tolerance nulle >> de l'Union Europeenne au sujet de la presence de substances residuelles chimiques dans les aliments soit synonyme de barriere tarifaire sur leurs produits.

La Thailande echange crevettes contre avions pour tenter de rebondir sur le difficile marche europeen

I think, for instance, of the plaints for inclusive language which are used to justify changes in Scripture that are simply not necessary.

Letters to the Editor

Tu fuz l'organe a mes plaints douloureux: / Et maintenant que tu sers bienheureux / D'honneste esbata ces deux mains d'yvoire, // Sers-moy d'espie: au moms sache s'il reste / Dens l'estomac (ton riche apuy) celeste / Quelque de moy souspirante memoire.

The Gendering of the Lute in Sixteenth-Century French Love Poetry [*]

The image of death and destruction created by such plaints has defined the social history of the Thirty Years War to a greater extent than almost any other event in early modern European history.

The rhetoric of death and destruction in the Thirty Years War

Des estivants, qui ont passe la journee du vendredi au niveau de la plage du Caroubier, a Azeffoun, se sont plaints du probleme de securite au niveau du parking.