inform (against)

verb

Definition of inform (against)next
as in to report

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inform (against)
  1. report
  2. implicate
  3. try
  4. prosecute
  5. sue
Verb
  • The unidentified stowaway made it on board Delta Flight 487 on Tuesday, but the crew was alerted to their presence before takeoff, ABC News reported.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, was shot down by a Russian air defense system, Reuters reported Thursday.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of report
Verb
  • For example, your Honor, if there is a joint investigation, that implicates certain discovery obligations in the Manhattan DA case that they—that if that case is proceeding, we'll be entitled to discovery.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • However, there was no DNA evidence implicating any of the three men accused of assaulting her.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of implicate
Verb
  • There, and elsewhere on the social web, millions of people are still trying to figure out which shades look best on them.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Kazakhstan goalie Vladimir Nikitin just wanted to try something.
    Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of try
Verb
  • Their requests come as the incoming president weighs issuing blanket pardons to many people who were convicted in connection to the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, as well as punishing those involved in prosecuting crimes related to it.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Trump ups calls for Jan. 6 committee prosecutions amid Biden’s preemptive pardon rumors The report comes as Trump prepares to return to the Oval Office and has upped the rhetoric about investigating and prosecuting those involved on the former Jan. 6 committee.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of prosecute
Verb
  • There is a notion of qualified immunity for federal officials, and especially prosecutors, from being sued for their official acts, but this would be unlikely to apply when a federal official brings legal proceedings knowingly and maliciously to seek retribution.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, when Murnau's Nosferatu, starring a viscerally terrifying Max Schreck as Orlok, came out, Stoker's estate successfully sued the movie’s producers for copyright infringement and the court ordered every copy of the film be destroyed.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of sue
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