Synonyms of prosecutions

prosecutions

noun

plural of prosecution

as in executions

the doing of an action

oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• executions
• perpetrations
• implementations
• accomplishments
• fulfillments
• achievements
• performances
• enactments
• discharges
• commissions
• applications
• expeditions
• administrations
• pursuances
• managements
• handlings
• dispatches
• operations
• practices
• directions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonperformances
• nonfulfillments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prosecutions

Months later, the Justice Department released a report alleging the Biden administration used prosecutions, policies, and regulatory actions in ways that burdened religious Americans. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026

Pressure applied by Washington through sanctions, export controls, and prosecutions targeting the Chinese corporations Huawei and ZTE only underscored the urgency of building China’s domestic legal power. — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

Hochman detailed a number of prosecutions, including the sentence of one man to a life sentence plus seven years with the possibility of parole for a March 23 attack, during which racial epithets were uttered. — City News Service, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Recent criminal prosecutions of drivers who killed people have made the news, including the case of Connor Lopez, 23, a Land Park resident and Sacramento City College student who was killed in a crash in Elk Grove. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The office is responsible for defending Kansas laws, protecting consumers from fraud, representing state agencies in court and directing serious criminal prosecutions. — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

There are factors that could tilt in favor of Fauci’s strategy, including the fact that his pardon would not protect him from potential state prosecutions or from a federal prosecution related to any testimony that investigators deemed false. — Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

In the decades that followed, the government limited its prosecutions, focusing mainly on national security threats or people with ties to foreign terrorist groups. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 July 2026

But evidence revealed during those investigations could later be used in civil rights investigations or prosecutions against ICE agents. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 19 July 2026