Prosecute in a sentence as a verb

And if all of this was "already known" what's there to prosecute then?

The police can prosecute assaults, absolutely, but they can't stop them before they happen.

You will never see these people prosecuted because by our standards of justice there is nothing to prosecute.

This angle of "why prosecute Apple when Amazon has the monopoly" is just lazy.

The first is laws like this, which allow the police to prosecute them simply for walking the streets in a group, and set them up for life with a criminal record.

In other words, I give MY government the power to arrest, prosecute, employ various armed agents to use against ME if I violate its laws.

In order for him to have stolen something, it would have had to be something of value; so why wasn't he further prosecuted for copyright violation?

It's interesting that they tried to prosecute him on theft, trade secret infringement, and exceeding authorized access, but not copyright infringement.

Unites [sic] States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said, Todays convictions should serve as a message to those involved with illegal gambling schemes that the government will apply the full weight of its resources to identify, investigate and prosecute individuals who seek to profit from offshore gambling.

" They basically responded saying "ok, we agree that you haven't done anything wrong but if you do anything we will prosecute you to the full extent of the law."A few weeks later, they posted a "consumer warning" on their website saying that our company was in effect defrauding companies.

* Our regulatory and policing institutions know how to identify, prosecute, and even prevent illegal gold and cash transactions, successfully keeping them to a tiny percentage of overall economic activity in most advanced economies.

Prosecute definitions

verb

conduct a prosecution in a court of law

verb

bring a criminal action against (in a trial); "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson"

verb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

See also: engage pursue