to lodge an information

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. [1913 Webster]

Every house was proud to lodge a knight.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

The memory can lodge a greater store of images than all the senses can present at one time.— Cheyne.[1913 Webster]

2.To drive to shelter; to track to covert. [1913 Webster]

The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

3.To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. [1913 Webster]

4.To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. [1913 Webster]

He lodged an arrow in a tender breast.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

5.To lay down; to prostrate. [1913 Webster]

Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint. [PJC]

To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint. [1913 Webster]