Definitions of sueing - OneLook
Mia Lopez
Published Apr 07, 2026
▸ verb: (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
▸ verb: (transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
▸ verb: (transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To court.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To follow.
▸ noun: A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.
▸ noun: (informal) Synonym of Mary Sue (“type of character in fiction”)
▸ Also see sue
Opposite:
defending, acquitting, exonerating▸ Words similar to sueing
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