file against

file something against someone

to lodge a criminal charge against someone. Sally filed a charge of assault against Max. The old man filed charges against the attacker.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Miran	-	Slovene
Edvin	ED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Finella	-	Scottish
Spomenka	-	Croatian
Hearn	[hə:n]
Zorka	-	Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian