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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

File with

What is the meaning of phrase "file with" in the sentence below:
Official white cillar crime reports have been filed with the Indonesian Police regarding Mr. Cliff Hutapea.
  

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First, the verb is "file, it's not "file with", Second, "with" is a preposition there. "file" usually means "to make an official complaint" but here it means to submit or send official documents to the Indonesian Police. The sentence could be rewritten as Official white collar crime reports regarding Mr.

— Ivanhr

  • First, the verb is "file, it's not "file with", Second, "with" is a preposition there.
  • "file" usually means "to make an official complaint" but here it means to submit or send official documents to the Indonesian Police.
  • The sentence could be rewritten as Official white collar crime reports regarding Mr.
  • Clif Hutapea have been sent/submitted to the Indonesian police.
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First, the verb is "file, it's not "file with", Second, "with" is a preposition there.
"file" usually means "to make an official complaint" but here it means to submit or send official documents to the Indonesian Police.

The sentence could be rewritten as

Official white collar crime reports regarding Mr. Clif Hutapea have been sent/submitted to the Indonesian police.
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