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
The arguments are playing out amid a new legal landscape reset by the Supreme Court that has reined in federal corruption prosecutions with a series of rulings over the past decade.
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 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
Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Ortega said the money is available for more robust investigations and prosecutions without costing taxpayers.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Defendants who are found to be mentally incompetent cannot be tried for crimes — rather, their criminal prosecutions are paused while defendants go through treatment aimed at restoring them to competency.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The high-profile prosecutions of Comey and James were short-lived, as they were quickly thrown out by a judge who ruled that the prosecutor who brought the cases was illegally appointed.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Some of Bondi's allies believe that the lack of prosecutions is attributable to Blanche, who has not pushed them too hard amid political concerns and worries about his future after his Justice Department career.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Blanche said the remaining records name women who accused Epstein of abuse, could hurt potential prosecutions or are protected under legal privileges.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 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
Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Ortega said the money is available for more robust investigations and prosecutions without costing taxpayers.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Defendants who are found to be mentally incompetent cannot be tried for crimes — rather, their criminal prosecutions are paused while defendants go through treatment aimed at restoring them to competency.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The high-profile prosecutions of Comey and James were short-lived, as they were quickly thrown out by a judge who ruled that the prosecutor who brought the cases was illegally appointed.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Some of Bondi's allies believe that the lack of prosecutions is attributable to Blanche, who has not pushed them too hard amid political concerns and worries about his future after his Justice Department career.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Blanche said the remaining records name women who accused Epstein of abuse, could hurt potential prosecutions or are protected under legal privileges.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutions
Noun
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There were executions, mostly of the revenge variety, and not ordered by the politburo in Hanoi.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The report said the number of executions was by far the highest since IHR began tracking it in 2008 and was the most reported since 1989, in the early years of the Islamic revolution.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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Like most other Veo implementations, the videos are eight seconds long and 720p resolution.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An Easter bunny stood beside the president, unblinking, as the president detailed his accomplishments.—
Maura Judkis,
Washington Post,
7 Apr. 2026
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This long list of accomplishments doesn’t even mention her work with the Raconteurs, her co-writes with Guy fuckin’ Clark, or that one of her records (2013’s Like a Rose) is a stone-cold classic of 2010s insurgent country.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Prosecutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutions. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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