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How to say to lodge a criminal complaint
in Thai
ร้องทุกข์
ráawng-túk
to lodge a criminal complaint
ráawng hightúk high
The legal name for what people call แจ้งความดำเนินคดี. For compoundable offences such as defamation or fraud it must be done within three months of learning who did it.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- formal
In a sentence
- ร้องทุกข์ต่อพนักงานสอบสวนráawng-túk dtàaw pá-nák-ngaan-sàawp-sǔanto lodge a complaint with the inquiry officer
From the same situation: Law and bureaucracy deep
- ใบแจ้งความpolice report (document)
- พนักงานสอบสวนinquiry officer (police investigator)
- สอบสวนto investigate, question
- ผู้เสียหายinjured party, victim (legal)
- ให้การto give a statement, testify
- คำให้การstatement, testimony
- อัยการpublic prosecutor
- คดีอาญาcriminal case
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