press charges
Example Sentences
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Earlier this summer, authorities informed SW about the results of their investigation and asked if she wanted to press charges, said Ventura County Dist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sovann Komar’s new management soon made a series of accusations against Sothea and three of the foster parents, and asked prosecutors to press charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Michael, who is 58 from Birmingham, says he went to hospital where he was x-rayed and given a tetanus injection, and though he reported it to police he decided not to press charges.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
And when Maggie decides to press charges against Hank and tell her story to the press, the fallout unsurprisingly does not seem great enough.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025
By then, having consulted her American education, my mother decided it would be cruel to press charges.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
