Synonyms of prosecutes

prosecutes

verb

present tense third-person singular of prosecute

as in executes

to carry through (as a process) to completion

the neurologists plan to prosecute their research for as long as funding remains available

Synonyms & Similar Words

• executes
• performs
• fulfills
• accomplishes
• achieves
• does
• makes
• implements
• negotiates
• commits
• perpetrates
• completes
• carries out
• realizes
• goes through
• follows through (with)
• carries off
• finishes
• pulls off
• practices
• puts through
• attains
• brings off
• effectuates
• brings about
• effects
• repeats
• engages (in)
• compasses
• works (at)
• reenacts
• nails
• ends
• aces
• actualizes
• winds up
• reduplicates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• slurs
• slights
• skimps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prosecutes

Florida prosecutes children as adults for serious crimes and sends juvenile offenders to adult prisons at higher rates than any other state. — Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026

Palm Beach County also has a state attorney who prosecutes cases for the entire county, including the Town of Palm Beach. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026

The race will determine who oversees one of the nation’s largest municipal law offices, which provides legal advice to city officials, represents Los Angeles in litigation and prosecutes misdemeanor charges committed within city limits. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 3 June 2026

The number of lawyers in the Criminal Division’s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section, which prosecutes organized crime groups and violent gangs, is down significantly, though the section is looking to hire additional attorneys. — Eric Tucker, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026

The District Attorney’s Office already has an Economic Crimes and Consumer Protection division that prosecutes such cases. — Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

The elite section that prosecutes public corruption was gutted; the Civil Rights Division, which protects the Constitutional rights of all Americans, experienced a mass exodus of career attorneys who say the division is being turned into an enforcement arm of the White House. — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026

As ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger has observed in his book on the lack of accountability for corporate crimes, the Justice Department today prosecutes disproportionately few high-level white-collar criminals. — Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026

Critics have questioned the true purpose of the new division, given that the department already prosecutes fraud through its Criminal Division. — Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2026