serious charge

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandcharge

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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charge
noun
uk
/tʃɑːdʒ/us
/tʃɑːrdʒ/
the amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity ...
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(Definition ofseriousandchargefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is, of course, aseriouscharge, but one we will endeavor to show has merit.
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Khitspeh can be aseriouscharge.
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But a moreseriouschargehas been made against them, that they have been injurious to the country which has had to undergo them.
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He had been acquitted of theseriouschargeagainst him.
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The moreseriouschargeis the theft of a motor vehicle with the idea of selling it, and that is a separate charge.
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A veryseriouschargewas levelled against those who are employed within the industry.
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I make no moreseriouschargethan incompetence and mistakes in the office.
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But no man will dispute the proposition that high rates in a particular locality are often a veryseriouschargeupon home industry.
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In the main those cases would be tubercular cases, because every case of tuberculosis would be aseriouschargeupon a society.
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If that were true, it would be aseriouscharge, but it happens to be untrue.
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No; but when a further or moreseriouschargeis mentioned, the accused has a further option with regard to a jury.
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That has been a veryseriouschargeupon the town.
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It would be a veryseriouschargeupon the fund.
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There can hardly be a moreseriouschargethan that.
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On what basis does he make thatseriouscharge?
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That is a mostseriouschargeto be made against any local authority.
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That is aseriouscharge, if ever there was one.
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In some cases a person is convicted on a lesser charge and is found formally not guilty on a moreseriouscharge.
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A person may be tried on aseriouschargeinvolving complex matters on which he cannot defend himself properly.
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