Charge
Charge verb - To establish or apply as a charge or penalty.
Usage example: charges a restocking fee for returned merchandise
Put
Put verb - To establish or apply as a charge or penalty.
Usage example: a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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After coming back from the dead, he was put in charge of the Baxter Building project instead.
Source: Retired Badass -
Possibly, he was an actual Federation General (in charge of some sort of ground troops, one imagines) who defected and was put in charge of the Rebel navy because eh close enough.
Source: Video Game / Escape Velocity -
Walt later tries to use this to motivate Jesse to stick with his crew instead of retiring, offering to put him in charge of his own lab with the respect and authority that entails.
Source: Better Living Through Evil
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