Prosecuting

Word PROSECUTING
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Definitions and meanings of "Prosecuting"

What do we mean by prosecuting?

To start criminal proceedings against.

To charge, try.

To seek to obtain by legal process.

To pursue something to the end.

They kick you in the crotch twelve times and if you grunt they start over. Urban Dictionary

1. Another word for The Man. Gets you busted for possession of marijuana, copying DVDs, and other "crimes". Never ever in a Gogolplexian years does the prosecution do a good thing for yourself. 2. What you'll be on the receiving end of if you screw up. Urban Dictionary

The practice of prosecuting individuals out of embarrassment, well in excess of any demonstrable harm. The practice is particularly ubiquitous in Western democracies where sedition is an unpopular prosecutorial tack in order to dispense retributive punitive enforcement in response to indefensible egg-on-the-face. Urban Dictionary

A rare instance where a slip of the tongue can get you in deep shit Urban Dictionary

A narcicistic, seemingly self confident, yet self loathing {individual involved in the legal system}, who once was a {victim} and now is overeager and ready at all times to stick it to the {bad guys}. Urban Dictionary

Passive aggressive employees who do not have enough work to do post complaints about the behavior of other employees on the tagwall (telecom employee webpage supposed to be used for outages). Such as: "I wanted to thank whoever "borrowed" my chair from my desk while I was on vacation. Most important, I'd like to thank them for also stealing my brown ACD hoodie that was attached to it. I really appreciate working with trustworthy employees." - Chair was actually in a corner with hoodie hung over it; thus never really stolen. There are also many posts about dirty dishes and such. Urban Dictionary

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The word "prosecuting" in example sentences

Q: How many government lawyers are involved in prosecuting the Hatch Act? ❋ Lisa Rein (2010)

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 (2010)

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 (2010)

My Administration has a Civil Rights Division that is once again prosecuting civil rights violations and employment discrimination. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Eric Holder is more interested in prosecuting our own former leaders than he is terrorists. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“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.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fact that Miranda is only violated if prosecutors attempt to use the statements in prosecuting the defendant? ❋ Unknown (2010)

And the Obama administration, which came into office promising to be the "most transparent administration ever", has also been the most aggressive in prosecuting alleged leakers and has extended many Bush-era claims of secrecy. ❋ Toby Dodge (2010)

The firm specializes in prosecuting counterfeiters for clients that include pharmaceutical firms Pfizer, Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2009)

I'm less interested in prosecuting the government official who screws up unintentionally than I am prosecuting those who purposefully went outside the legal boundaries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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 ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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? ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[The other day] I was [prosecuted]. ❋ MiscGifted (2012)

1. In [Heaven] the prosecution is spiritually [incapable] of [winning] ever. 2. Violators subject to prosecution. ❋ Wm. Wallace The Freedom Fighter (2008)

Two cases are particularly illustrative: [The US government's] piling on of charges against [Barrett] Brown constitutes a very clear, inflamed case of butthurt-prosecution. Barrett Brown guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/21/barrett-brown-persecution-anonymous Although he pleaded guilty to offenses carrying ~20 years in prison, [Bradley Manning] must still stand trial for his life, as the DoD and DoS have a wicked bout of butthurt-prosecution. Bradley Manning bradleymanning.org/ ❋ Kenneth Lipp (2013)

Your honour, can I assume to be correct in [presuming] that the matter arisen has been [prosecuted]/[prostituted]? ❋ Hercolena Oliver (2010)

She was a {[prosecution whore]} who could [sniff out] those likely to have {perpetrated a wrongdoing} like no one else, and was always eager to [convict] their sorry asses. ❋ Prosecution Whore (2009)

"I am [sick] of people [posting] tagwall prosecution to bitch at [eachother] all day!" ❋ Linda Lisa Ragger (2012)

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