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
Aonghas	-	Scottish
Babajide	-	Western African, Yoruba
Adeline	a-də-LEEN (French), AD-ə-lien (English)	French, English
Richard	RICH-ərd (English), ree-SHAHR (French), RIKH-ahrt (German)	English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Valdemaras	-	Lithuanian
Stojan	-	Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene