| 单词 | to press charges |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto press charges (or a charge) b. transitive. to press charges (or a charge): to instigate legal proceedings; to proceed with an accusation or bring an action against. ΚΠ 1829 Times 4 Dec. 4/2 His object in pressing a charge against her was to get her provided for in some asylum. 1889 Mag. for Civil & Criminal Law Nov. 19 The desire of promotion sometimes lures certain gifted but rather youthful prosecutors to press charges not fully supported by evidence. 1928 From Truancy to Crime (N.Y. State Sub-commission Causes & Effect of Crime) 89 The arresting officer..stated the boy had held up another man who had refused to press charges. 1960 D. Abrahamsen Psychol. of Crime ix. 165 The mother..pressed charges against her son and had him arrested. 2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 xv. 392 The police had been willing to write off the assault as a domestic but Gerrard had insisted he wanted to press charges. < as lemmas |
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