press charges

press charges (against someone)

and file charges (against someone)

Fig. to make a formal charge of wrongdoing against someone. They agreed not to press charges against me if I agreed to pay for the damages.

To bring a formal accusation of criminal wrongdoing against someone.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mawar	-	Indonesian, Malay
Tikhomir	-	Medieval Slavic
Sabina	sah-BEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Ancient Roman
Endzela	-	Georgian
Parvati	PAHR-vah-tee	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Vishal	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali