PROSECUTIONS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

prosecutions

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plural of prosecution

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. —

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

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There have been a number of executions linked to the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran over the last few weeks.

— Will Clark, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
There were executions, mostly of the revenge variety, and not ordered by the politburo in Hanoi.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026