Synonyms for prosecute
ˈprɒs ɪˌkyutpros·e·cute

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1. prosecute

   Arraign is an official word; a person accused of crime is arraigned when he is formally called into court, the indictment read to him, and the demand made of him to plead guilty or not guilty; in more extended use, to arraign is to call in question for fault in any formal, public, or official way. One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing. Censure carries the idea of fault, but not of crime; it may be private and individual, or public and official. A judge, a president, or other officer of high rank may be impeached before the appropriate tribunal for high crimes; the veracity of a witness may be impeached by damaging evidence. A person of the highest character may be summoned as defendant in a civil suit; or he may be cited to answer as administrator, etc. Indict and arraign apply strictly to criminal proceedings, and only an alleged criminal is indicted or arraigned. One is indicted by the grand jury, and arraigned before the appropriate court.

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, censure, charge, cite, impeach, indict, summon

   Antonyms:
   acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.

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1. prosecute

   Synonyms:
   follow, pursue, investigate, conduct, summon, arraign, persevere, carry on, persist, sue

   Antonyms:
   drop, discontinue, abandon, misconduct, misinvestigate, missoperate, exonerate, acquit

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1. prosecuteverb

   conduct a prosecution in a court of law

   Synonyms:
   engage, pursue

   Antonyms:
   defend, represent

2. prosecuteverb

   bring a criminal action against (in a trial)

   "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson"

   Synonyms:
   engage, pursue

   Antonyms:
   represent, defend

3. prosecute, engage, pursueverb

   carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

   "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

   Synonyms:
   rent, quest for, act on, occupy, follow up on, engross, charter, mesh, operate, employ, absorb, engage, go after, follow, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, pursue, lease, quest after, plight, enlist

   Antonyms:
   defend, represent

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1. prosecuteverb

   Synonyms:
   pursue, continue, follow out, carry out, carry on, persevere in

2. prosecuteverb

   Synonyms:
   arraign, take the law of, bring before a court

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1. List of paraphrases for "prosecute":

   prosecution, continue, pursue, sue, try, prosecutions, persecute, judge, adjudicate, prosecutorial, indict, trial, indictment

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1. Patricia Chimbiri:

   They just rushed to prosecute us. Surely one day things will be fair in Zimbabwe.

2. Anton Korynevych:

   We have a loophole, a gap in accountability, when we talk about accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, legally, currently, there is no international mechanism, which can investigate and prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

3. Lawyer Bradley Bondi:

   The court realized its fishy to use a financial fraud statute, carrying up to 20 years in prison, to prosecute a commercial fisherman who otherwise would have been subject at most to a civil crime and the temporary loss of his fishing license.

4. District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett:

   We are aware that there are possible additional fires here in our county that she may be linked to as well as other charges in other fires, statewide, my office will not hesitate to prosecute( any) person who either intentionally or recklessly starts a fire.

5. Prosecutor Gisela Sjovall:

   If there had been anything in the text (posted alongside the flag) with more specific formulations about certain groups, for example homosexuals, the ruling could have been different, for me, there are no doubts about the decision not to prosecute.