How to Use prosecute in a Sentence

prosecute

verb
Definition of prosecutenext
Synonyms for prosecutenext
  • The store's owner agreed not to prosecute if the boy returned the stolen goods.
  • She criticized the government for the way it has prosecuted the war.
  • The case is being prosecuted by the assistant district attorney.
  • These acts were vile, but no one tried to silence or prosecute Duke.
    — Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Some states have a limited amount of time to bring charges and prosecute a physician.
    — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The kids told their dad about the incident, and the family wanted to prosecute.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Counties leading the charge on the new approach have found such cases tricky to prosecute.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • There have been cases, um, where tourists who took part in the protests in 2019 have been arrested and prosecuted for that.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Whitney Doolittle and Jonathan Dixon prosecuted the case for the state.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2023
  • Epner, though, thinks these could be reasons the Feds moved to prosecute.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • He can not be prosecuted in the U.S. as the statute of limitations has expired on the murder in Aruba.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • And none have been fined or prosecuted for failing to comply.
    — Robin Urevich, ProPublica, 10 July 2023
  • Legal experts said the charges brought against Hunter Biden are rarely prosecuted.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Tarrant County prosecuted Mason in 2018 and she was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
  • Instead of prosecuting Prigozhin for leading the armed insurrection, Putin agreed to drop the charges.
    — Catherine Belton, Shane Harris and Greg Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
  • The Palantir platform will consider the full range of weapons with the right capacities and range to prosecute the target.
    — Bruno Maçães, Time, 10 July 2023
  • But at first, the household is overwhelmed by the intense media spotlight on a case of pedophilia and murder that François is in the midst of prosecuting.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2023
  • And, time and again, young people were prosecuted for what an acquaintance, to their shock, had decided to do.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • At the age of 33, Peterson had returned to his native state of Alaska to prosecute cybercrime.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • Some will be prosecuted under a sweeping new wartime law.
    — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And Ben Ferencz took on the moral imperative of prosecuting the Nazis at the Nuremberg trials.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Last year more than 1,000 men were prosecuted for draft evasion in Russia, far more than in any previous year.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
  • Sienna Miller is his wife, who stands by him, and Michelle Dockery is the barrister prosecuting him.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • In a letter addressed to the French on Nov. 12, Mr. Macron vowed that perpetrators will be prosecuted and punished.
    — Sylvie Corbet and Barbara Surk, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Gil Garcetti says at a news conference that anyone helping Simpson flee will be prosecuted as a felon.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Mexican authorities said two of the men would be prosecuted after one confessed to the girls' killings.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Bailey was released on a $1,200 bond later that day, and the district attorney decided not to prosecute him.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Anyone who is stealing from a retail store should be prosecuted.
    — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • More than 1,000 people have been prosecuted for various roles in the breach, including Trump.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • So, Israel is going to prosecute this campaign against a terrorist group.
    — CBS News, 12 Nov. 2023

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