prosecute
pro suh kyooht
- v conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- v bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson - v carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- Expanding federal power to prosecute hate crimes sounds like a good idea, unless you are (as I am) opposed to the whole enterprise of criminalizing people's thoughts.
- We write with concern about proposals to prosecute previous administration officials for their legal analysis related to the CIA interrogation program.
- Lawyers will paint him as a man who altered his story under government pressure in exchange for a plea bargain, in which the government agreed not to prosecute his wife and may .