1. noun /ˈʧɑːʤ,ˈʧɑɹʤ/
a) responsibility.
The child was in the nannys charge.
b) Someone or something entrusted to ones care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
The child was a charge of the nanny.
2. verb /ˈʧɑːʤ,ˈʧɑɹʤ/
a) To place a burden upon.
Im charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.
Im charging you with grand theft auto.
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