press charges
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John added: "It is incredible that Rory could go to jail on a charge where the injured party says she knows it is a misunderstanding - and does not want to press charges."
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, rightly opened a criminal investigation into the matter and subsequently decided to press charges against five reservists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
And when Maggie decides to press charges against Hank and tell her story to the press, the fallout unsurprisingly does not seem great enough.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2025
A local judge declined to press charges, before a federal judge permitted assault charges to be filed, CBS reports.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
“That rent-a-cop told her he’d press charges if he saw me on the premises again.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
