prefer against

prefer something against someone

to file legal charges against someone [with the police]; to file a complaint or a charge against someone. The neighbors preferred charges against the driver of the car who ruined their lawns. I will not prefer charges against the driver, since it was partly my fault.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Filips	-	Latvian
Vaishnavi	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Marathi
Kolya	-	Russian
Mchumba	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Ruxandra	-	Romanian
Ratan	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali