Also means
application for prosecution
Usage Note
Strafantrag is required by the victim for certain offences (e.g. Beleidigung, Hausfriedensbruch) before the state can prosecute; it must be filed within three months of the offence becoming known.
Examples
"Sie stellte einen Strafantrag wegen Beleidigung."
Natural Translation
She filed a private criminal complaint for insult.
Literal Translation
She placed a criminal-complaint because-of insult.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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