Synonyms for litigate
ˈlɪt ɪˌgeɪtlit·i·gate

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1. litigateverb

   engage in legal proceedings

   Synonyms:
   action, process, sue

2. action, sue, litigate, processverb

   institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

   "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"

   Synonyms:
   process, action, accomplish, execute, work, serve, carry through, swear out, fulfil, work on, carry out, sue, treat, march, fulfill

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1. litigateverb

   Synonyms:
   contest in law, defend in a lawsuit

2. litigateverb

   Synonyms:
   dispute in law, carry on a lawsuit

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1. Maatje Benassi:

   Law enforcement will tell you that there's nothing that we can do about it because we have free speech in this country. Then they say,' Go talk to a civil attorney,' so we did. We talked to an attorney. You quickly realize that for folks like us, it's just too expensive to litigate something like this. We get no recourse from law enforcement. We get no recourse from the courts.

2. Kirk Stark:

   Keep in mind that if the IRS wanted to litigate this issue, it could do so with existing programs - it wouldn’t have to wait until some new program is enacted in New York, New Jersey, California, etc..

3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

   The court today holds enforceable these arm-twisted, take-it-or-leave-it contracts — including the provisions requiring employees to litigate wages and hours claims only one-by-one. Federal labor law does not countenance such isolation of employees.

4. Joanna Schwartz:

   If a lawyer knows ahead of time that the officer is not going to be identified, who has no resources, it makes no financial sense at all to litigate that case, if we've given up the charade that accountability is only through financial payments by those officers, then we need to think more seriously about what the consequences are and what our internal disciplinary systems look like in law enforcement agencies.

5. Gaston Kroub:

   I don't know how you can make a demand of $1 billion and not be prepared for the answer to be no, at least at first, and for the need to litigate.