prefer charges against

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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

I will prefer charges against him in the morning.”

From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West

I was ordered to prefer charges against Colonel Townsend, "for disobedience of orders."

From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren

If these parties believe my conduct culpable, is it not their plain duty to prefer charges against me and bring me before a court martial?

From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson

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)