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to prosecute
01
to try to charge someone officially with a crime in a court as the lawyer of the accuser
Transitive: to prosecute a case
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
prosecute
3rd person singular
prosecutes
Present participle
prosecuting
Past simple
prosecuted
Past participle
prosecuted
Examples
The lawyer was hired to prosecute the case on behalf of the victim ’s family.
02
to officially accuse a person or an organization of a crime and ask a court to judge them
Transitive: to prosecute sb
Examples
The state decided to prosecute the company for environmental violations.
03
to persist in carrying out a plan or action until it is completed or achieved
Transitive: to prosecute a course of action
Examples
Despite the challenges, she decided to prosecute her goal of completing the marathon.
Lexical Tree
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