sue

verb6

1. •
   to ask a court of law to make someone pay for harm they caused

   • I plan to sue you for everything you have.
2. •
   To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

   • The king of Bimsa sued for peace after Nynal's armies overran his territory; he knew any further resistance would only harm the common people.
3. •
   To leave high and dry on shore.
4. •
   To clean (the beak, etc.).
5. •
   (no longer used) To court.
6. •
   (no longer used) To follow.

   • And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’ — 1889

noun1

1. •
   (informal) Synonym of Mary Sue (“type of character in fiction”).