to press charges (against sb)
1press charges (against someone) — legal phrase to officially accuse someone of committing a crime The police asked him if he wanted to press charges. Thesaurus: to accuse someone of a crimesynonym police officershyponym Main entry …
2press charges against somebody — bring/press/prefer ˈcharges against sb idiom (law) to accuse sb formally of a crime so that there can be a trial in court Main entry: ↑chargeidiom …
3press charges — ► to complain officially about someone in a court of law: press charges against sb »Italian magistrates are expected to press charges against the company s founder. Main Entry: ↑press …
4press charges — ask the police to charge someone with a crime The police asked her if she wanted to press charges against the thief …
5press charges — I press (or prefer) charges accuse someone formally of a crime so that they can be brought to trial II see charge * * * press charges : to take legal action against someone : to officially accuse someone of a crime He was caught shoplifting, but… …
6press charges — verb To formally accuse a person of a crime, especially by an ordinary person. Im pressing charges against you for assaulting me. Syn: complain, accuse, file a complaint …
7press charges — Synonyms and related words: accuse, allege, arraign, article, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, charge, cite, complain, denounce, denunciate, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, hang something on, impeach, imply, impute, indict,… …
8Corruption charges against Benazir Bhutto — After the dismissal of Bhutto s first government on August 6, 1990 by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan on grounds of corruption, the government of Pakistan issued directives to its intelligence agencies to investigate the allegations. After the fourth …
9bring charges against somebody — bring/press/prefer ˈcharges against sb idiom (law) to accuse sb formally of a crime so that there can be a trial in court Main entry: ↑chargeidiom …
10prefer charges against somebody — bring/press/prefer ˈcharges against sb idiom (law) to accuse sb formally of a crime so that there can be a trial in court Main entry: ↑chargeidiom …
