plaintiff group; plaintiffs
Refers to a collective body of plaintiffs in a legal case, often used in contexts like class-action lawsuits or group litigation.
The plaintiff group sought damages in court.
In this case, the plaintiff group numbers over 100 people.
被告団 is the defendant group, the counterpart to 原告団 in a lawsuit.
Compound of 原告 (plaintiff) and 団 (group). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for legal collective nouns.