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How to say I want to press charges.
in Thai
อยากแจ้งความดำเนินคดี
yàak jâaeng-kwaam dam-noen-ká-dii
I want to press charges. · literally “I want to file a complaint and press charges”
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
Different from just recording an incident. The officer will ask: ดำเนินคดีหรือลงบันทึกไว้เป็นหลักฐาน?
- Where
- police
- Register
- polite
Words inside it
From the same situation: Law and bureaucracy deep
- ร้องทุกข์to lodge a criminal complaint
- ใบแจ้งความpolice report (document)
- พนักงานสอบสวนinquiry officer (police investigator)
- สอบสวนto investigate, question
- ผู้เสียหายinjured party, victim (legal)
- ให้การto give a statement, testify
- คำให้การstatement, testimony
- อัยการpublic prosecutor
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