0 to complain to someone or about something:
The editor remonstrated with him about the inaccuracies in the story.
British business had remonstrated with government about 'law and order' long before the emergency was declared.
I rang the paper and remonstrated with the editor of the column.
I have remonstrated with him about it before.
Any persons who remonstrated, it did not matter who they were, were immediately punched and knocked down, if they could possibly be knocked down.
Why did they not remonstrate with the school, as they had a statutory right and even a statutory duty to do?
There is a risk that people will remonstrate with the police.
I have no power or status to remonstrate with that young officer's orders.
I should add that my wife remonstrated with me for being overly aggressive in our argument about the organic regime.
