Usually means: Formally accuse someone of crime.
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  1. press charges: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. press charges: Merriam-Webster
  3. press charges: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. press charges: Collins English Dictionary
  5. press charges: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. press charges: Wiktionary

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  1. press charges: Idioms

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  1. press charges: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  To formally accuse a person of a crime, especially by an ordinary person.

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present, bring up, incriminate, indict, appeal, appeach, complain, accriminate, have up, prosecute, more...

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present, bring up, incriminate, indict, appeal, appeach, complain, accriminate, have up, prosecute, more...



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