Lodge

v. t.
  1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.
  2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
  3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.
  4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
  5. To lay down; to prostrate.
  6. To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.
  7. To lodge an information ,
    to enter a formal complaint.