press charges
Example Sentences
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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
The reviewer then contacted North Wales Police and social services over safeguarding concerns, and police then came to the family's house to ask if they wanted to press charges against Foden.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 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
In May, the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to press charges over threats he was alleged to have made.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
“Mama was lucky. The city didn’t want a scandal. They agreed not to press charges if she signed a confidentiality agreement and destroyed all her research.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
