vádat emel
Hungarian
Etymology
From vád (“charge, accusation”) + -at (accusative suffix) + emel (“to lift, raise”). Compare German Anklage (“charge”) and erheben (“to raise”), together to bring charges.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvaːdɒtɛmɛl]
Verb
vádat emel
- (law, idiomatic) to press charges (against someone: ellen), bring a charge or an accusation, indict, arraign, impeach someone (to formally accuse a person of a crime)
- Nem kívánok vádat emelni. ― I don't want to press charges.
- Nem emelek vádat ellenük. ― I'm not pressing charges against them.
Usage notes
- The word order can be switched depending on the sentence. See the examples above.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see emel.
- The inflected noun vádat remains unchanged.
Derived terms
- vádemelés