prefer charges against
Example Sentences
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I told Gen. Butler I would have to prefer charges against him if he neglected his duty in that way.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Morgan had instructed his Inspector General, Captain Bryant H. Allen, to investigate the accusations against the various parties suspected of guilt and to prefer charges against those who should appear to be implicated.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Basil Wilson Duke
Do you suppose that that inspector, with all this evidence before her eyes, could do otherwise than prefer charges against the offender at the next meeting of the Committee on Discipline?
From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by John Kendrick Bangs
They got away from you, and they’re here now to prefer charges against you and the other scoundrels.
From The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin by Allen Chapman
The next day Colonel Albright reported the affair to General French, commanding the division, who promptly advised him to prefer charges against the culprit and make an example of him.
From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
