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
Silouanos	-	Biblical Greek
ArİF	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani
Nikhila	-	Indian, Telugu, Hindi
Rihard	-	Slovene
Pavli	-	Albanian
PrzemysŁ	-	Polish (Rare)