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告訴する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Legal term for filing a formal criminal complaint or accusation with authorities, initiating prosecution. Used as both noun and suru-verb.

〈人ひと〉を告こく訴そするto file a criminal complaint against someone
被ひ害がい者しゃは加か害がい者しゃを告こく訴そした。
The victim filed a criminal complaint against the perpetrator.
告こく訴そを取とり下さげるto withdraw a criminal complaint
示じ談だんが成せい立りつし、告こく訴そを取とり下さげた。
After reaching a settlement, they withdrew the criminal complaint.
〈事こと〉で告こく訴そするto file a complaint over some matter
彼かれは詐さ欺ぎの件けんで会かい社しゃを告こく訴そした。
He filed a criminal complaint against the company over the fraud.

告こく発はつ
告発 is reporting a crime to authorities by anyone (not necessarily the victim), while 告訴 specifically means the victim files a formal criminal complaint.
訴そ訟しょうN1
訴訟 covers any lawsuit, civil or criminal, while 告訴 refers narrowly to a victim's criminal complaint that triggers prosecution.
被ひ害がい届とどけN2
告訴 is a formal criminal accusation that requests prosecution, while 被害届 simply reports that a crime occurred and may or may not lead to prosecution.
起き訴そN1
告訴 is a formal complaint filed by a victim or accuser asking authorities to act, while 起訴 is the prosecutor's actual decision to bring criminal charges.

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訴うったえるN3
告訴する specifically means filing a criminal complaint, whereas 訴える can also cover civil suits and non-legal appeals.
訴うったえN1
告訴 specifically means filing a criminal complaint with police or prosecutors, whereas 訴え covers both civil and general complaints.

起き訴そN1
起訴 is the prosecutor's act of formally charging a suspect in court, whereas 告訴 is the victim's act of filing the initial complaint that may lead to 起訴.
訴そ訟しょうN1
告訴 is a criminal complaint filed by a victim to prompt prosecution, whereas 訴訟 is a civil lawsuit or legal proceeding between parties.
公こう訴そ
告訴 is a formal complaint filed by a victim asking authorities to punish an offender, whereas 公訴 is the prosecutor's own act of bringing the case to court.
提てい訴そ
提訴 is bringing a civil case before a court, while 告訴 is filing a criminal complaint with police or prosecutors.

件けんN2
matter; affair; case; item; subject · counter for received messages · counter for online accounts

Compound of 告 (inform, report) and 訴 (sue, appeal). The spelling 告訴 is standard; 告愬 is a rare variant using a less common character for 'appeal'.