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prosecute
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[ verb ] (criminal law) bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
Examples : "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)`` Unfortunately '' , says Chief_Postal_Inspector_David_H._Stephens , who has prosecuted many device quacks , `` the ghouls who trade on the hopes of the desperately ill often cannot be successfully prosecuted because the patients who are the chief witnesses die before the case is called_up in court '' . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)District_Attorney M._W._Mills warned that he would vigorously prosecute persons caught committing these crimes or carrying arms - he just did n't catch anyone . Related terms |
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[ verb ] conduct a prosecution in a court of law
Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)`` Unfortunately '' , says Chief_Postal_Inspector_David_H._Stephens , who has prosecuted many device quacks , `` the ghouls who trade on the hopes of the desperately ill often cannot be successfully prosecuted because the patients who are the chief witnesses die before the case is called_up in court '' . Related terms |
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