No. 11,583 in German
strafanzeigen
To file a criminal complaint.
In a sentence
Ich habe der Polizei gesagt, dass ich jemanden strafanzeigen werde.
I told the police that I would press charges against someone.
Here, 'strafanzeigen' is used in a legal sense, meaning to file or press charges against someone.
Die Frau entschied sich dazu, keine Strafanzeige zu stellen.
The woman decided not to file a criminal complaint.
In this sentence, 'Strafanzeige' is the noun form, referring to a formal criminal complaint.
Er fragte, wie man ordnungsgemäß jemand strafanzeigen könnte.
He asked how one could properly file charges against someone.
'strafanzeigen' is being discussed as a verb, inquiring about the formal process of doing so.
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