press charges
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Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, rightly opened a criminal investigation into the matter and subsequently decided to press charges against five reservists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
Michael, who is 58 from Birmingham, says he went to hospital where he was x-rayed and given a tetanus injection, and though he reported it to police he decided not to press charges.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
And when Maggie decides to press charges against Hank and tell her story to the press, the fallout unsurprisingly does not seem great enough.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025
Prosecutors later looked at the evidence and refused to press charges.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
“The police called and asked me to press charges against her for stealing church property. They say she took some of our fans. You know anything about that?”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
