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

The reviewer then contacted North Wales Police and social services over safeguarding concerns, and police then came to the family's house to ask if they wanted to press charges against Foden.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 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

“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