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accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, perpetrate, pull off, put through
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Cuyahoga County prosecutors, however, said cases are often prosecuted with statements from the victim, witnesses and police officers. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "CMHA chief says city prosecutor was given ‘all pertinent facts’ when it declined to charge Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson," 9 Sep. 2019 Mugabe announced that those involved in the murder of these white farmers would never be prosecuted. — Breanna Edwards, Essence, "Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Dead At 95," 6 Sep. 2019 The Ledger, a newspaper in Lakeland, Florida, reported that the prosecutor in the false-reporting case subsequently testified that the girl should never have been prosecuted. — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, "Netflix Series Based on Our Work Explores Costs of Not Believing Rape Victims," 5 Sep. 2019 The families of the victims wanted city officials and the landlord to be prosecuted, but at the end of the investigation, only Mr. Almena and Mr. Harris faced criminal charges. — Tim Arango, New York Times, "Ghost Ship Trial: Jury Acquits Defendant but Can’t Reach Verdict on Another," 5 Sep. 2019 The District currently leads the nation in reported hate crimes per capita, and a recent report in the Washington Post called attention to the fact that the majority of these cases are never prosecuted. — Emily Tillett, CBS News, "D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton wants more action on hate crimes in city," 4 Sep. 2019 Other states without such measures prosecute similar cases under other laws. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "Federal Prosecutors Charged a Man in Connection With Mac Miller's Overdose Death," 4 Sep. 2019 O'Connell said people currently facing such cases will not be prosecuted but the policy does not apply to prior convictions. — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, "Which marijuana cases will be prosecuted? We get into the weed on new Louisville policy," 28 Aug. 2019 The charges emerged from an investigation by the FBI’s Jacksonville division and will be prosecuted by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the statement said. — Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com, "Lake County deputy indicted for civil rights violations in 2016 shooting of unarmed woman, feds say," 21 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prosecute.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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