bring charges
idiom
: to formally accuse someone of a crime
After completing a full investigation of the vandalism, they did not have enough evidence to bring charges.
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Since January, however, DEA agents have been ordered to reopen cases, involving arrests up to five years old, where prosecutors had declined to bring charges, two people involved in the work said.
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Brad Heath, Joshua Schneyer, Marisa Taylor, Sarah N. Lynch, Mike Spector, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Spagnolo said Thursday that the investigation remains ongoing, though at this point authorities are not looking to bring charges against anyone else.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Agents brought Tip Hunter along to interviews with witnesses in Brownsville—and, not surprisingly, came away without evidence to bring charges.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
But regulators in the West have been reluctant to bring charges.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Brad Heath, Joshua Schneyer, Marisa Taylor, Sarah N. Lynch, Mike Spector, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Spagnolo said Thursday that the investigation remains ongoing, though at this point authorities are not looking to bring charges against anyone else.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Agents brought Tip Hunter along to interviews with witnesses in Brownsville—and, not surprisingly, came away without evidence to bring charges.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
But regulators in the West have been reluctant to bring charges.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Bring charges.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20charges. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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