press charges
Example Sentences
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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
Prosecutors later looked at the evidence and refused to press charges.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
After a 10-month investigation, Norwegian police have now handed the case over to prosecutors who will decide whether to press charges, police attorney Andreas Kruszewski said.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
“That rent-a-cop told her he’d press charges if he saw me on the premises again.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
