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
Do you suppose that that inspector, with all this evidence before her eyes, could do otherwise than prefer charges against the offender at the next meeting of the Committee on Discipline?
From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick
“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
"Therefore, in the face of fighting against orders, and sustaining such losses to his own immediate command, I felt it my duty, sir, to prefer charges against Ensign Darrin."
From Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
