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What does complaint mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word complaint? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
  2. (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
  3. (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
  4. A consumer complaint.
  5. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
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He is going to make a complaint to the press council, saying he didnt get a fair suck of the sav, at the last election.
There is just one complaint today by a Russian juggler, who is eating the pile of Russian salad on his plate.
His neighbour in turn fired off a complaint to the council about the noise made by the large collection of birds in his aviary.
Officers are currently investigating the complaint and as yet no charges have been filed.
The most frequent complaint I hear is that journalists present only the bad news.
Steve's is not the first complaint I have received about unwanted rubbish being left in the back alleys behind terraced homes.

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