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Meanings of prefer charges in inglês

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Usage of prefer charges in inglês
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He wants the money back or he is going to prefer charges.
The Young Lions
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V. To prefer charges against officers for misconduct in office; which is called impeachment.
Civil Government for Common Schools / Prepared as a Manual for P...
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I want it known that I do not want to prefer charges against him.
Native son
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I was ordered to prefer charges against Colonel Townsend, "for disobedience of orders."
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
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Some ill-feeling in his regiment has led one of his officers to prefer charges against him.
The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
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His captain thinks it unnecessary to prefer charges.
The Deserter
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Otherwise I shall prefer charges before the courts that will put you in state prison, Morrison!
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
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I shan't prefer charges against the man.
The Deserter
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INSPECTOR: Didn't you prefer charges against him?
Writing for Vaudeville
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The desk sergeant verified what Koku had said and asked the young scientist to come down and prefer charges.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
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If you were to strike Holmes he would be practically bound to thrash you, or else to prefer charges.
Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
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We won't prefer charges.
The Short Line War
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And it is only fair to inform you that I also intend to prefer charges against you and against the Guild.
Star Hunter
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It is a shame, and if some one of my superiors will not prefer charges against the General and his Adjutant, I will.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals / As Seen From the Ranks Durin...
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Just as sure as shooting, if Burleigh preferred charges that boy was ruined.
Warrior Gap: A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.
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You have preferred charges against this man; now you would hurl your body as well.
The Blind Spot
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