Crossword-Solution: PROSECUTE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Prosecute | v. t. | To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. |
| Prosecute | v. t. | To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law. |
| Prosecute | v. t. | To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. |
| Prosecute | v. i. | To follow after. |
| Prosecute | v. i. | To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PROSECUTE | anagram | CREEPSOUT |
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Sentences with PROSECUTE (5)
There she would stand in a tin tub and prosecute her bath with vigor, finishing it by pouring buckets of cold well-water over her gleaming white body which no man on the Divide could have carried very far.
Were I on Theban soil, to prosecute The justest claim imaginable, I Would never wrest by violence my own Without sanction of your State or King; I should behave as fits an outlander Living amongst a foreign folk, but thou Shamest a city that deserves it not, Even thine own, and plentitude of years Have made of thee an old man and a fool.
Nothing shall stay me now short of death, and should I die, my friends, will you take oath to prosecute the search for her and bring her back in safety to her grandfather’s court?” Upon the hilt of his sword each of them swore to do as I had asked.
Laboriously I climbed toward them by way of some windows which lay below them, for I hoped that I might find ingress to the tower through one of these, and thence an easier avenue along which to prosecute my search.
Not worth the effort to prosecute." "I never underestimate the power of the acronym," Miles said about the NSA, CIA and assorted lettered agencies.
Quotes with PROSECUTE (3)
The Vatican won't prosecute pedophile priests but I decide I'm not ready for motherhood and it's condemnation for me? These are the same people that won't support national condom distribution that PREVENTS teenage pregnancy.
To have reservations is to show true leadership. To have certainty without question, to lead people to battle with no qualms, or to prosecute without hesitation are qualities of a tyrant.
A system of justice does not need to pursue retribution. If the purpose of drug sentencing is to prevent harm, all we need to do is decide what to do with people who pose a genuine risk to society or cause tangible harm. There are perfectly rational ways of doing this; in fact, most societies already pursue such policies with respect to alcohol: we leave people free to drink and get inebriated, but set limits on where and when. In general, we prosecute drunk drivers, not ineb…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1951–2021).