prefer charges
Example Sentences
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I told Gen. Butler I would have to prefer charges against him if he neglected his duty in that way.
From Time Magazine Archive
The news came from the sunny Adri atic island of Brioni, 340 miles from Belgrade, where the 75-year-old Tito called together a 155-man plenum of the Yugoslav Central Committee to name names and prefer charges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week there was distinct danger that on this issue Jugoslavia might prefer charges before the League.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Mr. Sharpleigh, will you accompany the officer and prefer charges?"
From Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune by Alger, Horatio
It is as unwise to flatter our ancestors by ascribing to them motives different from those which they themselves professed as it is unjust to prefer charges against them to which they are not obnoxious.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
