vádat emel

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From vád (“charge, accusation”) +‎ -at (accusative suffix) +‎ emel (“to lift, raise”). Compare German Anklage (“charge”) and erheben (“to raise”), together to bring charges.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈvaːdɒtɛmɛl]

Verb edit

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 edit

The word order can be switched depending on the sentence. See the examples above.

Conjugation edit

For the verb, see emel.
The inflected noun vádat remains unchanged.

Derived terms edit

vádemelés