It was agreed with the Opposition that he should lay a charge against Danby of treasonable correspondence with France, and other offences, and that they should move for his impeachment on these grounds.
The Commons on their part took up the charge against Russell as a charge against themselves.
To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit.
The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.
To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
But if he has no charge against me, why am I brought hither?
However, as we have no charge against him, I suppose he must be suffered to depart for the present.
There being no charge against Paine in France, and no ill-will felt towards him by Robespierre, compliance with the supposed will of Washington was in this case difficult.
Could he but get up the shadow of a charge against me, how gladly would he strive to blacken me and my fame in the eyes of those who, despite him, will yet heap honours on my head.
This clandestine correspondence we charge against him as an act of rebellion; for he was bound to lay before the Council the whole of his correspondence relative to the revenue and all the other affairs of the country.
With respect to Mr. Bristow, we find no shadow ofcharge against him.
I say, my Lords, this is a traitorous and rebellious assumption, which he has no right to make, and which we charge against him, and therefore it cannot be urged in justification of his conduct in any respect.
Nevertheless, I think I would rather ride a charge against a Paynim knight in Palestine than get up at half-past four in the morning.
You must remember that I make no charge against her," said Trevelyan, after the matter had been discussed for about an hour.
Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.
When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.
Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.
I pray you, in the name of Christ, is that an Evangelical thing, to make so dreadful a charge against a friend in order to drag more persons into a new sect, as if we had not sects enough already?
On the other hand we find it brought up as a charge against him by his critics that he wasted his time in aimless wanderings.
And in this matter my conscience makes no charge against me before Christ my judge.
There's no charge against you," said Nick; "I only want to ask you a few questions.
If I do not produce him in twenty-four hours," said Nick, "I will withdraw my charge against you.
I will withdraw my charge against Mr. Colton, if some action is now taken.
I have heard, however, that there is a charge against you, a general charge of conspiring with those enemies of the state who have been striving to raise once more the standard of rebellion in the North and in the marches of Wales.
Tell him, that therein are contained the proofs which have lately made me doubt the justice of my charge against Monthermer.
But all this matters not; I bring no charge against him--'tis but suspicion, at the most.
I tell you, it was solely and simply upon this old Monthermer's charge against me.
Charge against Henry, as Prince of Wales, for presenting a Petition against the Lollards.
Their wrath and menace were at first vented against him as the instigator of the revolt, a charge against which he could only vindicate himself by volunteering to go among the foremost for the liberation of the prisoner.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "charge against" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
