prefer charges

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

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

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

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 Chapman, Allen

Otherwise he would be sure to prefer charges.

From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by King, Charles