build a case | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)tocompileevidencethatsupportsachargeagainstsomeone.2021August 25, SCMP Reporter, “Death of Thai man after police extortion attempt captured on viral video, sparks public anger”, inThis Week in Asia‎[1], South China Morning Post, retrieved25 August 2021:A 10-minute leaked video showing a group of Thai police officers allegedly manhandling a drug suspect, putting a plastic bag over his head to extort money from him, has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. Thailand's police chief...told reporters on Tuesday the force willbuild the caseand press charges once ready.

Examples:

EN: Now, if you're willing to drop the charges against Dwyer... I'll help build a case against the rest of his men that'll send them up for 20 years.
ES: Si está dispuesto a retirar los cargos contra Dwyer... le ayudaré a reunir pruebas contra sus hombres y condenarlos a 20 años.
EN: He was taking everything I said, every incident that occurred, and was conniving to build a case against me.
ES: Registraba todo lo que yo decía, cada incidente que se presentaba... y se confabulaba para buscar pruebas en mi contra.
EN: That gives us 48 hours to build a case.
ES: Testigo presencial. Eso nos da 48 horas para elaborar un caso.
EN: Now, to make this work, we must build a case against Diego.
ES: Para que esto funcione, debemos construir un caso contra Diego.
EN: Well, we can't build a case on that. Nitti has 50 eyewitnesses who swear he was at a wedding reception.
ES: Cincuenta testigos juran que estaba en una boda.
EN: I have tirelessly tried to build a case against Ambroise Paré, this phony.
ES: Me he empeñado en desenmascarar a ese charlatán de Ambroise Paré.
EN: You can't build a case against me based on car sales.
ES: Se trata de la compraventa de autos extranjeros.
EN: Look, it takes time to build a case like this.
ES: Un caso como éste requiere tiempo.
EN: I hope you've got something to build a case on.
ES: Espero que tengas algo para construir un caso.
EN: Investigations is busting its ass to build a case on Threlkis.
ES: En Investigaciones se han matado para acusar a Threlkis.
EN: I've been trying to build a case against the husband all along... but the reason it hasn't panned out... is because of your testimony that Gloria was killed by an Indian.
ES: Todo el tiempo estuve tratando de armar un caso contra el esposo... pero la razón por la que no ha resultado... es por su testimonio de que a Gloria la asesinó un indio.
EN: All I got to do is build a case the DA can't screw up.
ES: Tengo que encontrar una prueba en la que pueda basarme el fiscal.
EN: The government has had years to build a case against you.
ES: El gobierno tuvo años para armar el caso contra ustedes.
EN: I can build a case on this.
ES: Puedo hacer un caso de esto.
EN: You have to build a case slowly rather than lashing out in anger.
ES: Tienes que construir un caso lentamente en lugar de sacar tu enojo.

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