qǐ​sù HSK6

sue

起诉 (起訴) qǐ​sù
sue verb
to initiate a civil legal action or bring a lawsuit against a party

He decided to sue the company because they breached the contract.

prosecute verb
to bring formal criminal charges against a defendant in a court of law

The procuratorate has officially indicted the suspect.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
53.6 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
22.4 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 6

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT