press charges

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Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, rightly opened a criminal investigation into the matter and subsequently decided to press charges against five reservists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 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

A local judge declined to press charges, before a federal judge permitted assault charges to be filed, CBS reports.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

Prosecutors later looked at the evidence and refused to press charges.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

“Mama was lucky. The city didn’t want a scandal. They agreed not to press charges if she signed a confidentiality agreement and destroyed all her research.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson