have up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === have up (third-person singular simple present has up, present participle having up, simple past and past participle had up) (transitive, idiomatic, UK) To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act. Synonyms: charge, criminate, indict; see also Thesaurus:incriminate 2007, Saturday October 27, Don't write off religion - it can be the key to a stable family, by Anne Karpf in The Guardian If Richard Dawkins had his way, a fair number of you and, as it happens, me, would be had up for child abuse. According to him, that's what religious indoctrination of children by their parents is.