to charge
- verb
- /tʃɑrdʒ/
- Formal
- Jason, you've been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.
- charged with a crime
- charged with fraud
- charged with murder
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Watch on YouTubeBut Christian B, he was charged for two rapes.
- But Christian B, he was charged for two rapes.
- And Elizabeth has since been arrested and charged with the criminal fraud.
- You know, unfortunately I was charged with his death.
- Then he flew to to Miami and then he was charged with drug trafficking.
- So thousands of them get arrested and charged, guilty or innocent.
- If a person knows he can be charged with the crime.
- He said to me when we got both got charged, he went tell him it was me.
- So that's why charging them fast is very, very helpful.
- So he's been arrested, charged, fired, just like the previous guy.
- I never was arrested, charged, cited, booked, nothing.
Examples
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Please do not harass this department again or you'll find yourself charged with obstruction of justice.
Fiction book (1991) -
The plaintiff has charged that the defendant, Mr. Gable, took advantage of her generosity.
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I could be charged and have to do jail time.
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So thousands of them get arrested and charged, guilty or innocent.
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We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged.
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I now charge this man, Thomas Jordan, with high treason.
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You're being charged with violating Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Some of his bodyguards were also arrested and charged with committing terrorist acts.
Academic text (2015) -
When the warrant was executed, marijuana was discovered and Jardines was charged with cannabis trafficking.
Academic text (2017) -
The police have officially charged him with robbery after reviewing the evidence.
Synonyms
Say that someone did something wrong or illegal
To officially accuse someone of a serious crime in court
To say someone is guilty of a crime
To say someone committed a crime, for example in court
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To move quickly and forcefully forward across a playing field in sports to try to score
Compounds
- Specialized
A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
- Specialized
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Specialized
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
- Specialized
A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move
- Formal
A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away
- Archaic
A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready
- Specialized
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
- Specialized
The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same
A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'
- Specialized
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Specialized
A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time
- Jargon
A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors
An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs
A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime
- Specialized
A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
How Strongly
- Formal
- Formal
- Archaic
- Literature
Surface Forms
Etymology
Charge comes from an old word meaning 'to load', the same idea behind cargo and carry. So to charge someone with a crime is to 'load' them with blame in an official way.