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

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

If these parties believe my conduct culpable, is it not their plain duty to prefer charges against me and bring me before a court martial?

From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson