Definition of sued:
(v) :
(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
(v) :
(transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
(v) :
(transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
(v) :
(obsolete, transitive) To court.
(v) :
(obsolete, transitive) To follow.