press charges

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"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

Sovann Komar’s new management soon made a series of accusations against Sothea and three of the foster parents, and asked prosecutors to press charges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 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