prefer charges

Example Sentences

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Last week there was distinct danger that on this issue Jugoslavia might prefer charges before the League.

From Time Magazine Archive

I told Gen. Butler I would have to prefer charges against him if he neglected his duty in that way.

From Time Magazine Archive

The news came from the sunny Adri atic island of Brioni, 340 miles from Belgrade, where the 75-year-old Tito called together a 155-man plenum of the Yugoslav Central Committee to name names and prefer charges.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We intend to prefer charges of forgery and perjury against him, my Lord," said he; "and meanwhile I desire that the various documents we have seen may be impounded."

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

Since then he has gone part-way back to the land of romance, and if he will stay there I shall not prefer charges against him.

From The Crow's Nest by Day, Clarence