To accuse, denounce, or inform on (a person); to expose (one) by revealing or divulging information, etc., to one's harm, prejudice, or discredit…

transitive. To accuse, betray, charge with a crime.

transitive. To complain against; to indict, accuse.

transitive. To accuse, bring a charge against, arraign, impeach. Also absol. Obsolete (or ? dialect)

transitive. To bring a charge against; to accuse (a person) for (†of) a crime, as (†for) a culprit, esp. by legal process.

Const., of or for the offence, to or unto a judge.

transitive. To indict, accuse, condemn; = indict, v.1 1.

To call (one) to answer before a tribunal; in Law: to accuse of a crime which the accuser undertakes to prove. spec.: (a) to impeach of treason; (b)…

gen. To bring a charge or accusation against; to accuse of, charge with.

transitive. To accuse (a person) (of something); to charge; to convict. Obsolete.

esp. To call upon one to answer for himself on a criminal charge; to indict before a tribunal. Hence gen. To accuse, charge with fault.

transitive. To bring a charge or accusation against (a person); to accuse of. Cf. call, n. 9b. Obsolete.

transitive. To arraign.

transitive. To bring (a person) before a judge, magistrate, etc.; to bring into court on a charge; to accuse formally. Also: to bring (a witness) to…

To bring or lay before a court, magistrate, or person in authority, for consideration or trial; to make… transitive. To bring a formal charge or…

To summon, indict.

To expose (a person) by divulging his secrets or making known his guilt or crime; to inform against, accuse. Obsolete.

intransitive. To bring a charge or make a specific accusation against. Now historical.

To make (one) the subject or object of a bill; to libel, lampoon; to indict; to petition. Obsolete.

transitive. To accuse (a person) formally; to impeach, indict, bring to trial. Also in extended use. Obsolete.

transitive. To indict before a tribunal; to charge with an offence; (more generally) to accuse. Obsolete.

To declare or make known (an offender) to the authorities; to inform against, delate, accuse.

To charge, accuse, or indict a person (of).

Without construction. transitive. To charge (a person) with a fault, crime, or offence; to make an accusation against; to blame, censure.

To charge with a crime, accuse. Obsolete.

To accuse, bring a charge against, impeach; to inform against; to denounce to a judicial tribunal, esp. that of the Scottish ecclesiastical courts.

transitive. To charge (a person) with a crime or offence; (British slang, now rare) spec. to indict and punish (a soldier) for an infraction of…

transitive. Scots Law. To bring to trial; to try before a court; to indict. Chiefly in passive. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To charge (an offence) to a person, bring (a charge) against. Also with that-clause as object. Occasionally intransitive. Now rare.

Law. transitive. To institute legal proceedings against (a person, organization, etc.) for an offence; to bring a charge against; to arraign before…

To arraign, accuse, impeach. Const. of. Obsolete.

transitive. To bring before a judge, court of justice, etc. (for an alleged crime). Frequently in passive.

transitive. To prosecute again (in various senses), (esp. in later use) to bring legal proceedings against (a person).

To accuse of crime or dishonour; = attaint, v. 7. Obsolete.

transitive. To accuse of or charge with a crime; to denounce. Cf. criminate, adj. Now rare.

transitive. Law. To attaint with or convict of a crime or offence; to show to be guilty or illegal. Obsolete.

transitive. colloquial (originally slang). Originally: to arrest, take into custody; esp. to apprehend and bring before a magistrate. Later in…

transitive. slang (originally Criminals' slang). To charge, prosecute; to apprehend with intent to prosecute (cf. rap, n.2 5b).

transitive. Chiefly Military and Navy slang and Criminals' slang. Originally: to hand (a person) over to the police. Later: = to run in 14 at…