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What is another word for taken legal action against?

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Verb
Past participle for to sue or bring action against in court
prosecuted
sued
charged
arraigned
litigated
accused
indicted
impeached
contested
done
summoned
summonsed
impleaded
tried
cited
jugged
taken to court
preferred charges against
taken legal action
brought an action against
brought someone to trial
hauled into court
put on trial
seen in court
brought a suit against
had the law on
pulled up
put away
brought legal proceedings against
instituted legal proceedings against someone
brought suit against
put in the dock
brought a charge against
brought action against
brought suit
preferred charges
sought redress
brought a criminal charge against
brought to court
involved in litigation
put on docket
turned on the heat
filed
claimed
filed a suit
filed suit
instituted legal proceedings
proceeded against
brought charges against
claimed damages
filed a claim
dragged into court
had up
brought an action
did
took to court
took legal action against
took legal action
saw in court
acted against
inculpated
incriminated
criminated
pressed charges
blamed
defamed
put on trial for
censured
implicated
laid charges against
pointed the finger
called to account
impugned
imputed
convicted
filed charges against
laid the blame on
taxed
condemned
recriminated
faulted
charged with
arraigned for
accused of
prosecuted for
impeached for
made accusations about
brought to trial for
brought charges
brought a claim
assigned guilt to
held accountable
arrested
denounced
petitioned
involved
framed
fingered
rapped
laid at one's door
went to court
gone to court
recriminated for
indicted for
hung something on
incriminated for
served summons
held liable
placed the blame on
assigned liability to
declared guilty
found guilty
proved to be guilty
found guilty of
held responsible
considered guilty of
pronounced guilty
cast aspersions on
assigned fault to
held someone answerable
took to court for
taken to court for
confronted
reproved
reproached
reprimanded
reprehended
apprehended
disputed
appealed
actioned
took proceedings
taken proceedings
pegged
alleged
took the law on
gone to law
went to law
taken the law on
informed against
implicated in
started proceedings against
imputed blame to
held answerable for
dropped someone in it
stuck on
contested at law
brought before the court
started an action against
held accountable for
pointed finger at
condemned for
pinned it on
held responsible for
blamed for
pinned on
attributed liability to
tried for
laid the blame on someone for
held at fault
faced with charges
filed claim
taxed with
lodged complaint
laid blame on
brought a case against
blown the whistle on
whistle-blew
blew the whistle on
whistle-blown
attributed to
given away
gave away
blown the whistle
blew the whistle
began an action against
took proceedings against
taken proceedings against
begun an action against
“Four voters have taken legal action against him over a series of allegations, including personation in postal voting and at polling stations, and ballot paper tampering.”
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