Definition
to be arrested on charges of (theft): to be taken to the police station because you are accused of (stealing)
a charge: an accusation, an allegation (legal language)
- "On the charges of murder, prostitution, bootlegging liquor, and... public nudity, you have been... acquitted!"
- "On the charges of murder, prostitution, bootlegging liquor, and public nudity, you have been... acquitted!"
- "I understand that these are serious charges which affect the good citizens of San Francisco, and that the nature of these offenses should not be taken lightly."
- "It has recently come to my attention that one of my employees, Jean Marcel Marron, was arrested this afternoon on charges of reckless endangerment and driving without a US driver's license."
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