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
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
Last week there was distinct danger that on this issue Jugoslavia might prefer charges before the League.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Belden has seized the moment to prefer charges against me for keeping Settle in the service and for putting a non-resident on the roll as guard.
From The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range by Garland, Hamlin
