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complaint [kəm'pleɪnt] abbr.
abbr.	compl
law	written statement initiating a criminal or civil action; formal charge that someone has committed a crime; The legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit and is also used to start a criminal case. Says what the plaintiff thinks the defendant did and asks the court for help. Also called the "initial pleading" or "petition."