noun
- An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.
- Formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow. (
- An expression of grievance or resentment.
- Civil law. ( the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based)
- Criminal law. ( a pleading describing some wrong or offense)
- usage: "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
- synonyms: charge
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