Bringing a charge or accusation against someone.

synonym: lodgement.

Roget 184: location, localization; lodgment; deposition, reposition; stowage, package; collocation; packing, lading; establishment, settlement, installation; fixation; insertion etc. 300.    habitat, environment, surroundings (situation) 183; circumjacence etc. 227^†.    anchorage, mooring, encampment.    plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment; colonization, domestication, situation; habitation etc. (abode) 189; cohabitation; a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]; endenization^†, naturalization.    ... show more

The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily:
— The lodgment of the balloon in the tree.

synonyms: lodgement, lodging.