C1noun
le grief
grievance
« Le principal grief retenu contre lui est un manque de transparence. »
“The main grievance held against him is a lack of transparency.”
In other languages
- Spanish reproche, agravio
- Portuguese queixa, reparo
- German Vorwurf, Klagepunkt
- Italian lagnanza, addebito
- Arabic المأخذ
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