PROSECUTES Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of prosecutes 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 Critics have questioned the true purpose of the new division, given that the department already prosecutes fraud through its Criminal Division. —

ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026 There are four elements for the offense to be considered committed, according to the Crown Prosecution Service, an independent body that prosecutes criminal cases investigated in England and Wales. —

Nbc News, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026 Trump recently endorsed Clay Fuller, a district attorney who prosecutes crimes in four counties. —

CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026

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There are eight major candidates vying to become the next state Superintendent of Public Instruction, a nonpartisan office that oversees the Department of Education and executes the state Board of Education’s policies.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
By the time a debt collector executes a bank levy, a court has already issued a judgment, and that debt has likely spent years cycling through charge-offs, collection transfers and legal filings, with each step quietly narrowing the options for getting rid of the debt.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026