- an accusation; a (law)suit; a charge; a complaint
告訴する 〔刑事で〕charge ((a person with a crime)),accuse ((a person of theft)),bring a charge against ((a person));〔民事で〕sue ((a person for damages)),bring [file] a suit ((against a person)),lodge [file] a complaint ((against a person)) (▼accuseは,当局あるいは個人が訴えることで,刑事・民事のいずれにも用いる.chargeは当局が主に刑事事件について訴えること.sueは当局,個人の両方に用いるが民事的な事件について訴えること.complainは個人の民事上の訴え)
- 告訴は却下された
- The complaint was rejected.
- 500万円の示談金を払うというので告訴を取り下げた
- They offered to settle out of court for five million yen, so we dropped our suit.
- 不法侵入のかどで彼は告訴された
- He was accused of trespassing./They brought [filed] a complaint against him for trespassing.
- 告訴状a (letter [bill] of) complaint
- 告訴人an accuser; a complainant;〔原告〕a plaintiff