as in executions
the doing of an action
oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy
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Recent Examples of prosecutions
Those also required complex federal investigations and prosecutions that the DOJ was not always willing to pursue.
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Yvette Loizon, chief of policy at the state’s attorney’s office, told the judge that declining to sign onto a political statement does not amount to a conflict, adding that making political statements can jeopardize prosecutions.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Her case is one of several federal prosecutions in Georgia tied to alleged misuse of pandemic unemployment benefits, as officials continue to investigate fraud connected to COVID-era relief programs.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The case is one of the first major criminal prosecutions at the intersection of national security and prediction markets, a fast-growing sector that allows users to bet on the likelihood of real-world events.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
In 2002 the Editorial Board of this newspaper began publishing allegations detailing kickbacks by the DA’s staff, cronyism, and political prosecutions.
—John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Senior Deputy District Attorney Devan Portillo, of the DA Office’s special prosecutions unit, handled the case, with support from a Placer County Sheriff’s Office detective assigned to the county’s Opioid Response Team.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Trump was also reportedly frustrated by Bondi's pace of prosecutions against his political foes, despite the Justice Department launching investigations or charging numerous prominent Democrats, anti-Trump Republicans and other political foes on her watch.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
If the law on using a person’s name in a scheme to thwart action by a public agency is not clear enough to support prosecutions, then the law needs to be tightened up — and there is legislation, Senate Bill 1159, aiming to do that.
—Mary Nichols, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Yvette Loizon, chief of policy at the state’s attorney’s office, told the judge that declining to sign onto a political statement does not amount to a conflict, adding that making political statements can jeopardize prosecutions.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Her case is one of several federal prosecutions in Georgia tied to alleged misuse of pandemic unemployment benefits, as officials continue to investigate fraud connected to COVID-era relief programs.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The case is one of the first major criminal prosecutions at the intersection of national security and prediction markets, a fast-growing sector that allows users to bet on the likelihood of real-world events.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
In 2002 the Editorial Board of this newspaper began publishing allegations detailing kickbacks by the DA’s staff, cronyism, and political prosecutions.
—John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Senior Deputy District Attorney Devan Portillo, of the DA Office’s special prosecutions unit, handled the case, with support from a Placer County Sheriff’s Office detective assigned to the county’s Opioid Response Team.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Trump was also reportedly frustrated by Bondi's pace of prosecutions against his political foes, despite the Justice Department launching investigations or charging numerous prominent Democrats, anti-Trump Republicans and other political foes on her watch.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
If the law on using a person’s name in a scheme to thwart action by a public agency is not clear enough to support prosecutions, then the law needs to be tightened up — and there is legislation, Senate Bill 1159, aiming to do that.
—Mary Nichols, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutions
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Hours earlier, the pontiff had condemned capital punishment aboard the papal plane, when asked about executions carried out by the Iranian government.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Department of Justice has directed federal prisons to expand the range of methods used for executions to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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And the reason for that is most of the AI implementations in bigger companies is agentic.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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These ongoing cycles of infrastructure investment will pave the way for AI implementations that target processes throughout the organization, from the back office to industrial design to manufacturing and shipping.—
Terrence Curtin,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Ashton has also been recognized for several personal athletic accomplishments.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Her accomplishments also included a third-place team finish at the International Mixed Pairs and a second-place team finish at the USA-URS Dual Meet in 1987.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Prosecutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutions. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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