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Prosecute

Prosecute | Prosecuted | Prosecutes

Prosecute meaning

To start criminal proceedings against. | To charge, try. | To seek to obtain by legal process.

Synonyms of Prosecute

Example sentences (20)

It has been understood for most of the past century that while it was generally thought you couldn’t prosecute a sitting president, of course you could prosecute a former president.

We wish to make it clear that should President Akufo-Addo fail to prosecute him, a future NDC government will prosecute Godfred Dame for this heinous crime of fabricating evidence,” he stated.

I will zealously prosecute violent crime and work with the Sheriff’s Office to investigate and prosecute the distribution of narcotics in our community.

The most common concerns about the military justice system come under the headings of unlawful command influencepanel selection irregularitiesreluctance to prosecute some cases, or unwarranted overzealous decisions to prosecute in other cases.

Complementarity The principle of complementarity means that the Court will only prosecute an individual if states are unwilling or unable to prosecute.

A 2015 amendment gave the military more leeway to prosecute civilians, but it expired in 2019.

Additionally, DeSantis’s suspension order cited Warren for declining to prosecute certain misdemeanor offenses.

A division bench of Justice A.S. Gadkari and Justice Prakash D. Naik also upheld the verdict of a lower court and rejected Purohit's claim that a sanction was required to prosecute him in the case.

Although the court is backed by many democratic countries, including close American allies like Britain, the United States has long kept its distance, concerned that the tribunal could someday try to prosecute Americans.

An Environment Agency spokesperson said: “We take our responsibility to protect the environment very seriously and will always pursue and prosecute companies that are deliberately obstructive or misleading.

Animal cruelty cases are difficult to prosecute under the best circumstances.

As a result, the state governments directed their residents to spend old notes, vowing to prosecute any business or individual that rejects the old notes.

Because of his experiences as a war crimes investigator, he was recruited to help prosecute Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, which had begun under the leadership of US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson.

Bragg vowed to reduce penalties for armed robberies, and to no longer prosecute resisting arrest.

But Labour leader Keir Starmer argued creating a specific offence would "make it easier for people to come forward and report what’s happened and easier to prosecute".

China has used a national security law to prosecute at least 28 journalists and Press freedom defenders in Hong Kong over the past three years.

DeSantis removed Hillsborough County District Attorney Andrew Warren from office last year for stating he wouldn’t prosecute certain crimes.

Economic corruption cases are especially difficult to prosecute, given the complex nature of the fraud, which tends to cross international borders.

Federal prosecutors as well as Bragg's predecessor Cyrus Vance decided not to prosecute Trump.

Furthermore, violence against women takes various forms, some of which remain difficult to document and monitor, let alone prosecute.