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

1. (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