prefer charges against

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.

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

And it is only fair to inform you that I also intend to prefer charges against you and against the Guild.

This is the only reason why I did not prefer charges against you before the ship sailed.

Some ill-feeling in his regiment has led one of his officers to prefer charges against him.