charge with

charge with idiom
  1. Impose a duty or task on, as in He was charged with getting this message to the commissioners. [c. 1300]
  2. Accuse of a crime, as in He was charged with creating a disturbance. [Mid-1500s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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