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prosecute

/ˈpɹɒsɪkjuːt/ verb B2
  1. To start criminal proceedings against. (transitive) · to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
  2. To charge, try. (transitive)
  3. To seek to obtain by legal process. · to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
  4. To pursue something to the end. (transitive) · to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation

He/she/it prosecutes · Past prosecuted · Past participle prosecuted · -ing form prosecuting

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Verb forms

Base form
prosecute
He/she/it
prosecutes
Past
prosecuted
Past participle
prosecuted
-ing form
prosecuting

From the library

“Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, ‘Let us both go to law: _I_ will prosecute _you_.—Come, I’ll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I’ve nothing to do.’ Said the mouse to the cur, ‘Such a trial, dear sir, With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath.’ ‘I’ll be judge, I’ll be jury,’ Said cunning old Fury: ‘I’ll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.’”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 19 · B2
At others he will with his own hands tear down some other man’s gate and declare that a path has existed there from time immemorial, defying the owner to prosecute him for trespass.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 98 · C1
If he would confine his energies to this all would be well, but there are rumours that he intends to prosecute Dr.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 98 · C1
The truth was, that the mention of two places in the Palazzo Rospoli had recalled to Franz the conversation he had overheard the preceding evening in the ruins of the Colosseum between the mysterious unknown and the Transteverin, in which the stranger in the cloak had undertaken to obtain the freedom of a condemned criminal; and if this muffled-up individual proved (as Franz felt sure he would) the same as the person he had just seen in the Teatro Argentina, then he should be able to establish his identity, and also to prosecute his researches respecting him with perfect facility and freedom.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 383 · C1

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