press charges
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The report, filed July 15, asks for law enforcement to investigate the movie’s theft and “identify all responsible parties, preserve all relevant evidence, and press charges against the responsible parties.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Earlier this summer, authorities informed SW about the results of their investigation and asked if she wanted to press charges, said Ventura County Dist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
When the Lambert police finally declined to press charges against the Allens?
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
