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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
      last edited by admin

      To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of somecrime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment,before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, toprosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. Milton.

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        Prosecute meaning & definition 1 of Prosecute.

      • Agnesundefined
        Agnes
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        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:

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          Prosecute meaning & definition 2 of Prosecute.

        • Zipporah Schumakerundefined
          Zipporah Schumaker
          last edited by admin

          Institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization)

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            Prosecute meaning & definition 3 of Prosecute.

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