Bringing charges against someone is a legal process that can be done in various ways. To SUE someone is to initiate a civil lawsuit, which is a legal action brought by one person or business against another person or business in order to recover money for damages or to compel the other party to do something. To ACCUSE someone is to make a formal charge of wrongdoing against them. To INDICT someone is to formally charge them with a crime. To ARRAIGN someone is to bring them before a court to answer a criminal charge. To IMPEACH someone is to bring formal charges against a public official for misconduct in office.