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Took to court (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sued

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">took to court</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('sue' can be a synonym of 'take to court')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for sued that I've seen before include "taken to court" , "Started legal proceedings against (someone)" , "Prosecuted" , "Brought an action against" , "Took legal action against" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, the King Feature Syndicate, The New York Times, the Universal, The Mirror, the USA Today and the Newsday.
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