My cell phone needs to be 'charged'. = The battery in my cell phone needs to be charged.
Fans 'charged' [='rushed'] the stage but were stopped by the security guards.
It is not clear if he violated the rules, as his critics have 'charged'.
(..) - to the defense he could not give at that hearing? - I have no defense against forgery! - The committee ruled otherwise! The gentleman stands guilty as charged. I believe that no member - - cares to hear what a man of his condemned character - - has to say about any section before this House! (..)1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington