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

"I decided to press charges because this is something that I experienced as a woman, but that we as women experience in our country," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 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

Believing he was remorseful, Sharon decided not to press charges.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 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