prefer charges against

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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

And it is only fair to inform you that I also intend to prefer charges against you and against the Guild.

From Star Hunter by Norton, Andre

He revealed the fact that the members of the court had already bound themselves in honor to prefer charges against General Arnold in order that the powerful Commonwealth of Pennsylvania might be placated.

From The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution by Barrett, James Francis

V. To prefer charges against officers for misconduct in office; which is called impeachment.

From Civil Government for Common Schools by Northam, Henry C.

The captain of the company in which P.D. was placed told him he did not believe he was ugly about it, and that he could only put him under arrest and prefer charges against him.

From The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary With an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones by Jones, Rufus Matthew