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

I was ordered to prefer charges against Colonel Townsend, "for disobedience of orders."

From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren

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 Bangs, John Kendrick

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

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

It is a shame, and if some one of my superiors will not prefer charges against the General and his Adjutant, I will.

From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.