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lodge

verb (COMPLAIN)
 
 
/lɒdʒ/ US  /lɑːdʒ/

Definition

lodge a claim, complaint, protest, etc. to make an official complaint about something: The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters. Lee's solicitor said last night that they would be lodging an appeal against the sentence.Complaining
(Definition of lodge verb (COMPLAIN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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