Sentence examples for merely charged from inspiring English sources

It was said that a count which merely charged a maladministration of the affairs of the bank, rather than a criminal misapplication of its funds, was insufficient.

Ricardo Téllez, one of the FARC negotiators, said last month in an interview in Havana that the group did not grow, process or transport drugs and merely charged a tax on drug activities in its territory.

In essence, it is as if bank robbers, instead of going to jail, were merely charged a $100 fee for each ordinary robbery and up to a $1,000 fine for robberies that net more than a $100,000 in funds.

The Justice Department merely charged them with violations based on the number of dead birds FWS agents found when they made their last site visit following years of imploring the companies to install nets.

The banks' second complaint – that they will merely charge more – sounds more like a threat.

Prosecutors say they are giving defendants options and are merely charging them based on what is allowed under the law for those who turn down pleas.

Bankers say they are merely charging a fee for a convenience that protects consumers from embarrassment, like having a debit card rejected on a dinner date.

The former merely charges the Wii Remote, while the latter also charges Nyko's Kama nunchuck.

Annoyed café owners should merely charge Wi-Fi users $300 an hour.

Champions of EVs have long preached that the average one-way trip among motorists worldwide is fewer than eight miles – a built-in argument for the practicality of electric cars, which could merely charge at the driver's home or a parking lot.

How did we get from merely charging interest to the universal system that is now enslaving most of humanity?