prefer charges against
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
Belden has seized the moment to prefer charges against me for keeping Settle in the service and for putting a non-resident on the roll as guard.
From The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range by Garland, Hamlin
“I’ll prefer charges against the next that does it,” said he.
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles
Some ill-feeling in his regiment has led one of his officers to prefer charges against him.
From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by Beatty, John
The next day Colonel Albright reported the affair to General French, commanding the division, who promptly advised him to prefer charges against the culprit and make an example of him.
From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Hitchcock, Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman)
