0 present participle of prosecute --
1 to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a law court, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime: --
2 to continue to take part in a planned group of activities, especially a war: --
Moreover, by not prosecuting acts of male domestic violence under the criminal law, conciliation can legitimise male dominance over women and to a certain extent even the use of violence.
After prosecuting fifty-five delinquents for a return of only £20.10, the stool gave up the attempt.
Where the judicial system is sufficiently effective in prosecuting offenders, the optimal response was shown to involve policies which combine efforts to reduce corruption together with those which lower emissions.
The prosecuting attorney begins her cross-examination with a litany of relatively factual yes 0 no questions about the defendant's height, weight, and athletic prowess, culminating in two general formulations.
However, as should be stressed, my present interest does not lie in prosecuting a case against utilitarianism.
After all, the one was allegedly prosecuting a holy war, while the other was pursuing the secular goal of selfdetermination.
A construction boom in the housing industry may have contributed to the decline of interest in prosecuting the janitors.
Perhaps more unsettling than the double standard in prosecuting the robed brood was the one that existed in actual law enforcement.
