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- verb Present participle of
prosecute .
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Examples
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One day, the prosecutor awoke to find himself questioning not only the evidence, but also his role in prosecuting defendants where the evidence did not support the charges.
Peter Jan Honigsberg: Transforming Lives on This Side of the GTMO Wire Peter Jan Honigsberg 2010
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Despite this bureaucratic non-response from the DOJ, there's no big state secret here: the DEA has no interest in prosecuting users, but instead goes after drug traffickers.
Jonathan Littman: Lance Armstrong's Trial: Franz Kafka, Anyone? Jonathan Littman 2010
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One day, the prosecutor awoke to find himself questioning not only the evidence, but also his role in prosecuting defendants where the evidence did not support the charges.
Peter Jan Honigsberg: Transforming Lives on This Side of the GTMO Wire Peter Jan Honigsberg 2010
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The firm specializes in prosecuting counterfeiters for clients that include pharmaceutical firms Pfizer, Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline.
Fake Viagra: Organized Crime's New Goods The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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“But under the legal theories adopted by our government in prosecuting Guantánamo detainees, these CIA officers as well as any higher-level government officials who have authorized or directed their attacks are committing war crimes.”
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Although Utah outlawed polygamy and the RCLSD did likewise, the state has not been very vigorous in prosecuting polygamists until recently, and only in the most egregrious cases. datingjesus
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Eric Holder is more interested in prosecuting our own former leaders than he is terrorists.
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Advocates want to increase penalties for pimps and johns, create a statewide database that would track the arrests of prostitution-related offenders and encourage law-enforcement agencies to work together in prosecuting prostitution-related crimes.
End Demand Being Introduced in Chicago « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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Jennifer, post # 2, and just what would be wrong in prosecuting any politician who broke the laws of this country regardless of what party they belonged to?
Advocates of a Special Prosecutor for Bush Seek an Answer From Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Buzon said he has little doubt that his brother is dead, but the family hopes that in prosecuting the case investigators will find his body.
Robert Nydegger 2010
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