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prefer charges against

VERB

sue

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accuse appeal charge claim file indict petition plead prosecute

STRONG

beg beseech contest demand entreat litigate solicit summon supplicate

WEAK

bring an action claim damages drag into court enter a plea file a claim file suit follow up haul into court have the law on have up institute legal proceedings pull up put away see in court take out after take to court

Antonyms

STRONGEST

absolve deny disclaim exculpate exonerate free

STRONG

answer give offer

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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

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

I will prefer charges against him in the morning.”

From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West

V. To prefer charges against officers for misconduct in office; which is called impeachment.

From Civil Government for Common Schools by Northam, Henry C.

I might add that I understood General Potter was very angry, as he needed his wagons to bring commissary stores for his troops, and proposed to prefer charges against me for unwarrantably taking them.

From Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 by Meyer, Henry C. (Henry Coddington)

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