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

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

They got away from you, and they’re here now to prefer charges against you and the other scoundrels.

From The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin by Chapman, Allen

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

From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.

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

From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver