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prosecute
[ pros-i-kyoot ]
verb (used with object)
- Law.
- to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
- to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process.
- to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- to follow up or carry forward something undertaken or begun, usually to its completion:
to prosecute a war.
- to carry on or practice.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used without object)
- Law.
- to institute and carry on a legal prosecution.
- to act as prosecutor.
prosecute
/ ˈɒɪˌː /
verb
- tr to bring a criminal action against (a person) for some offence
- intr
- to seek redress by legal proceedings
- to institute or conduct a prosecution
- tr to engage in or practise (a profession or trade)
- tr to continue to do (a task, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈDzˌܳٲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·ܳa· adjective
- Dze·ܳa·i·ٲ noun
- ԴDzpDz··ܳa· adjective
- ܲȴ-Dz·ܳe adjective
- ·Dz·ܳٱ verb (used with object) reprosecuted reprosecuting
- ɱ-Dz·ܳe adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prosecute1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prosecute1
Example Sentences
At a news conference on Tuesday, Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick had ordered the players to turn themselves in within 48 hours or risk being prosecuted as adults.
All told, Knappenberger’s approach applies much-needed but heretofore scarcely presented doses of cynicism to America’s motivations for prosecuting and escalating this war.
His family have called for the inquiry to look into why the Crown Office decided not to prosecute the officers involved.
While no journalists are presently in jail in this country for doing their jobs, prosecuting and punishing them is a regular part of the arsenal of repressive regimes around the world.
Badenoch, speaking on a local election campaigning visit to Lincolnshire, said the statement was "disgusting "and the band "should be prosecuted" and that "people are in prison for sending tweets that don't go that far".
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