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class action

noun/ˈklɑːs ˈakʃən/

B1CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

A lawsuit brought by a representative claimant on behalf of a larger group with the same interest.

Thousands of consumers joined the class action after the defective airbags came to light.

Similar: group litigation, representative action

Topic: Litigation in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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