Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with lawsuit in American Collocation
lawsuit
noun
countable
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈlɔˌsut/
start a lawsuit
bring
file
issue
launch
The Hollywood movie studios have filed a lawsuit against 22 websites which they claim encourage and facilitate movie piracy.
be going to have a lawsuit
face
The charity is facing three lawsuits from volunteers claiming unfair dismissal.
end a lawsuit by reaching a decision
settle
Bates has settled his lawsuit with Chelsea following his acrimonious departure from the club.
win/lose a lawsuit
lose
win
Eight families who have won lawsuits will receive more than $213 million.
decide not to go ahead with a lawsuit
drop
They have dropped the multi-million dollar lawsuit over the title of the movie.
say a lawsuit cannot continue
dismiss
A federal judge dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit because there was not enough evidence to prove any melody had in fact been stolen.