SUE

[verb] sueing or suing - to take legal action against (a person or organization), esp. by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that they have caused youHe was so furious about the accusations in the letter that he threatened to sue. [I]She's sued the paper for (= in order to obtain) damages after they wrongly described her as a prostitute. [T]She is suing her husband for (= in order to obtain a) divorce. [T]My father sued his dentist for (= because of) some treatment which he'd had that had gone wrong. [T]