Antonyms 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.

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

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

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

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1. prosecute

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

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

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1. prosecuteverb

   conduct a prosecution in a court of law

   Antonyms:
   defend, represent

   Synonyms:
   engage, pursue

2. prosecuteverb

   bring a criminal action against (in a trial)

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

   Antonyms:
   represent, defend

   Synonyms:
   engage, pursue

3. prosecute, engage, pursueverb

   carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

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

   Antonyms:
   defend, represent

   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

How to use prosecute in a sentence?

1. Joe Borelli:

   He's the one who's telling us he's not going to charge people with gun crimes and fully prosecute them, according to the law. So it's just lip service from people like him. And unfortunately, that has real-world consequences, every single police action, whether it's a domestic violence response like this or a traffic stop, has the potential of going south. And if police officers are not going to be protected by the law, if the prosecutors are going to go after the people, then we have to reconsider whether it's even worth the risk of sending cops in the first place.

2. Joseph Margulies:

   Whittle it down to the folks who are being prosecuted and either prosecute them or dont, but dont just hang on to them, at great expense, we walk around with this thing around our necks. It does no good. It has no role for national security. Its just a big black stain that provides no benefit whatsoever.

3. Olivier Niggli:

   Once you get precedence setting the requirements and the level of evidence that is required for each case you can better assess whether you still have enough evidence to go forward with cases where you have less evidence, there is going to be some sort of feedback strategy where you prosecute strong cases, you see what the decision is and you get to the next level and hope that you win.

4. Jason Young:

   The police are doing their due diligence to try to solve these crimes and hold people accountable for these crimes, the district attorney's office is not willing to prosecute and hold these criminals accountable.

5. Gretchen Whitmer:

   Today's dangerous decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals clears a path for county prosecutors to use Michigan's extreme 1931 abortion ban to prosecute doctors and nurses and jail them for doing their jobs.

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