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
"I decided to press charges because this is something that I experienced as a woman, but that we as women experience in our country," she said.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 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
“The police called and asked me to press charges against her for stealing church property. They say she took some of our fans. You know anything about that?”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
