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View definitions for prefer charges

prefer charges

verb as in file criminal charges

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The desk sergeant verified what Koku had said and asked the young scientist to come down and prefer charges.

Since then he has gone part-way back to the land of romance, and if he will stay there I shall not prefer charges against him.

He said he was goin to prefer charges and asked me what I had to say.

It is a shame, and if some one of my superiors will not prefer charges against the General and his Adjutant, I will.

A dozen students were jailed indiscriminately but no one could be found to prefer charges the following morning.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prefer charges, such as: accuse, charge, indict, press charges, and take one to court.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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