How to Use prosecute in a Sentence

prosecute

verb

• The store's owner agreed not to prosecute if the boy returned the stolen goods.
• She criticized the government for the way it has prosecuted the war.
• The case is being prosecuted by the assistant district attorney.
• Those that tracked and prosecuted the man who bought the gun used to kill her have been just as silent.
  — Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 14 May 2024
• If a thief comes in and steals less than $1,000 of products, the police will not prosecute.
  — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Whether the new law will be used to prosecute the use of superyachts remains to be seen.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune Europe, 9 June 2024
• Does that mean looking at the courts that are likely to prosecute?
  — CBS News, 20 Nov. 2022
• These acts were vile, but no one tried to silence or prosecute Duke.
  — Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
• How much longer will Vladimir Putin prosecute his vicious war in Ukraine?
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
• Some states have a limited amount of time to bring charges and prosecute a physician.
  — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2023
• The kids told their dad about the incident, and the family wanted to prosecute.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
• The next year, the state answered the coalition’s call for justice by prosecuting Killen.
  — Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
• Counties leading the charge on the new approach have found such cases tricky to prosecute.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• So, the Navy made, thus far, a conscious decision not to prosecute.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
• There have been cases, um, where tourists who took part in the protests in 2019 have been arrested and prosecuted for that.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
• Police have used that footage to prosecute a first wave of demonstrators this week.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
• Rollins, 38, helped prosecute people who breached the U.S. Capitol that day.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
• The perpetrator must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024
• Whitney Doolittle and Jonathan Dixon prosecuted the case for the state.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2023
• The first case prosecuted with the new laws was against Said Hernandez, 26, in Laredo, Texas.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
• Epner, though, thinks these could be reasons the Feds moved to prosecute.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
• But the law couldn't be used to prosecute a pregnant person who holds the drugs for their own use, even without a prescription.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
• But her goal may be to prosecute the political case against Mr. Trump in such a way that opens the door to other candidates.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
• The hush-money case against Trump was brought and prosecuted locally in New York state court.
  — Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 12 June 2024
• He can not be prosecuted in the U.S. as the statute of limitations has expired on the murder in Aruba.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
• And none have been fined or prosecuted for failing to comply.
  — Robin Urevich, ProPublica, 10 July 2023
• Legal experts said the charges brought against Hunter Biden are rarely prosecuted.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Tarrant County prosecuted Mason in 2018 and she was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, at least two states have already used private personal data to prosecute people for getting abortions.
  — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
• In theory, Trump could be re-indicted and prosecuted for the same crimes in four years, but in practice that’s highly unlikely.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024