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  1. prosecuted

    A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the state or the government in the case brought against the accused person.

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  1. Prosecuted

    of Prosecute

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prosecuted in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prosecuted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of prosecuted in a Sentence

  1. Mike McKell:

    A lot of the big fraud cases are prosecuted federally, it seems to me there’s an appetite by the Department of Justice to consider putting their registries on the database as well.

  2. Bernardo Bertolucci:

    I felt prosecuted by censorship.

  3. Bernard Mandeville:

    If courtesans and strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much rigor as some silly people would have it, what locks or bars would be sufficient to preserve the honor of our wives and daughters?

  4. Ned Price:

    No one has ever been criminally prosecuted for unmasking. That would be tantamount to pursuing criminal charges against an intelligence analyst for merely doing his job, it's clearly an attempt to cast a patina of criminality around a routine practice.

  5. Andrea Reeb:

    My priority in this case – and in every case I’ve prosecuted in my 25-year career – has been justice for the victim, however, it has become clear that the best way I can ensure justice is served in this case is to step down so that the prosecution can focus on the evidence and the facts, which clearly show a complete disregard for basic safety protocols led to the death of Halyna Hutchins.

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