as in executions
the doing of an action
oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy
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Recent Examples of prosecutions
To assess the unusual severity of Hollis’ 364-day jail sentence reporters obtained a detailed dataset from the Florida Office of the State Courts Administrator containing more than 4,700 prosecutions for stalking protection order violations across Florida.
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Miami Herald Editors, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The Herald analyzed 161 Miami-Dade prosecutions from 2019 through this year using data from the Public Defender’s Office.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The Herald analyzed court records of 279 Broward County prosecutions – from 2017 through this year – of people charged with violating a protective order against stalking.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Boards will face unique challenges to their oversight of corporate compliance should the new administration shift its law enforcement focus away from corporate prosecutions and criminal sanctions against corporations.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Moreover, the qualified immunity that prosecutors have for purposes of not enabling lawsuits aimed at redressing good faith prosecutions, applies to prosecutors, not investigators—and the FBI is an investigatory agency.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Going after congressional lawmakers, former or present, Justice department officials, like special prosecutor Jack Smith, or members of the press, for covering and writing about congressional investigations and judicial prosecutions, have no legal justification whatsoever.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Federal courts would be scaled back with civil proceedings paused, while criminal prosecutions would continue to move forward.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Some of these prosecutions may well be justified, but Korea’s politicians are highly motivated to carry them out past the point of reason.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Miami Herald Editors, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The Herald analyzed 161 Miami-Dade prosecutions from 2019 through this year using data from the Public Defender’s Office.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The Herald analyzed court records of 279 Broward County prosecutions – from 2017 through this year – of people charged with violating a protective order against stalking.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Boards will face unique challenges to their oversight of corporate compliance should the new administration shift its law enforcement focus away from corporate prosecutions and criminal sanctions against corporations.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Moreover, the qualified immunity that prosecutors have for purposes of not enabling lawsuits aimed at redressing good faith prosecutions, applies to prosecutors, not investigators—and the FBI is an investigatory agency.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Going after congressional lawmakers, former or present, Justice department officials, like special prosecutor Jack Smith, or members of the press, for covering and writing about congressional investigations and judicial prosecutions, have no legal justification whatsoever.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Federal courts would be scaled back with civil proceedings paused, while criminal prosecutions would continue to move forward.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Some of these prosecutions may well be justified, but Korea’s politicians are highly motivated to carry them out past the point of reason.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutions
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Pope Francis also pushed Biden, who is Catholic and spoke to the pontiff last week, to prevent the executions.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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But Biden actually had promised to go further on the issue in the past, pledging to end federal executions without the caveats for terrorism and hate-motivated, mass killings.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Use the holiday season to evaluate the past year’s accomplishments, challenges, and lessons.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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During his time on the campaign trail, Biden struggled to reconcile this issue and tell a story of his climate accomplishments in a high profile, coherent nature while, as Sunrise noted.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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Germany's approach to e-invoicing differs substantially from existing mandates in other EU member states, such as Romania and Italy, as well as from planned implementations in neighboring countries like France and Poland (scheduled for 2026).—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
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Where most technology implementations fail is when functional people do not take the time to understand what the new tools can or cannot do.—
Bhadresh Patel,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Prosecutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutions. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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