Definition of prosecute in English:

prosecute

verb ˈprɒsɪkjuːtˈprɑsəˌkjut

[with object]

1Institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization)
对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控
they were prosecuted for obstructing the highway
他们因阻塞公路而被检控。
no object the company didn't prosecute because of his age
考虑到他的年龄，公司没有起诉。
Example sentencesExamples
- There was also a nationwide increase in the number of people prosecuted for animal cruelty.
- Not one worker or trade union has been prosecuted.
- It is an issue which we take very seriously, and we will continue to prosecute offenders to the full extent of the law.
- The authority has pledged to prosecute anyone responsible.
- I wonder if those of us prosecuted for refusing to carry one will be offered trial by jury?
- We will investigate crime and narrow the justice gap so more offenders are successfully prosecuted.
- The local government would then still have the ability to close and prosecute a sub-standard establishment, and control the location and number of such places in their area.
- She said several people were successfully prosecuted for breaches.
- When caught, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- In fact she could be prosecuted under the Trade Descriptions Act.
- If these things had happened solely in the private sector, the members of the cartel would have been prosecuted under the Trade Practices Act.
- But he notes that medical cannabis growers around the state continue to be prosecuted by local, state, and federal authorities.
- Can he or she be criminally prosecuted for cruelty to animals?
- Alan Fairhurst, prosecuting, said trading standards officers carried out authenticity tests on drinks purchased in the pub.
- Offenders of intellectual property violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
- Since 2001 Swindon Trading Standards officers have prosecuted 10 businesses, which resulted in £40,000 fines.
- Will the alleged perpetrator be prosecuted to the full extent of the law?
- In theory drivers could also be prosecuted for carrying passengers who are not wearing a seatbelt, meaning that in a normal car more than three back-seat passengers would be an offence.
- They will be prosecuted under section 87 and 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
- The penalty is hardly much of a deterrent and the few who are prosecuted generally continue to practise elsewhere.
1. 1.1 Institute legal proceedings in respect of (a claim or offence)
  对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控
  the state's attorney's office seemed to decide that this was a case worth prosecuting
  该州的检察院似乎认定这是个值得起诉的案件。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is a case of an omission or omissions by the appellants as the respondent's solicitors: the failure to prosecute his claim with due diligence which led to his counterclaim being struck out.
  Both Plaintiffs lacked any capacity to prosecute this Claim.
  Petty property crime, by far the most commonly prosecuted offence from the eighteenth century onwards, has also been perpetrated in the main by young men.
  North Yorkshire's trading standards have already prosecuted in four cases, which resulted in fines for breaching regulations.
  Defamation continued to be prosecuted in the church courts over the course of the sixteenth century, and the volume of cases increased rather dramatically.
  As a matter of law and as a matter of discretion, I think that justice requires the claimant, if it wishes further to prosecute its new claims, to do so in a fresh action.
  To prevent a party who is entitled to some recovery from incurring costs prosecuting a claim for an excessive amount, a defendant may acknowledge liability for an amount less than that claimed.
  Would you say this case was prosecuted vigorously, and if so, why?
  So what are we seeing the police prosecuting in the courts?
  Universal jurisdiction entitles a state to prosecute an offence even in the absence of any connection based on nationality, territory, or the protective principle.
  As to the procedural merits, persons wishing to engage the jurisdiction of the Court must prosecute their claims with due diligence and speed.
  The Law Reform Commission recommended that the offences be prosecuted summarily.
  The result is, that it may be some time before courts are in a position to prosecute these offences and they make take a long time for the police to complete investigations.
  Does the world want to indict and prosecute crimes against humanity?
  The Judge hearing any such application will be in a better position than I am to take stock of the Claimant and her prospects of actually prosecuting this claim before the court.
  He pledged to carry on pursuing and prosecuting persistent noise nuisances.
  If, for example, the plaintiff has been guilty of unreasonable delay in prosecuting his claim, the court may decline to award interest for the full period from the date of loss.
  The claimant concedes that in the ordinary way a company cannot recover by way of costs any payment for the time of its employees engaged in investigating or prosecuting its claim.
  The U.S. attorney prosecuting that case has indicated that she may seek the death penalty.
  There were complaints that the Supreme Cassation Prosecution led by the Chief Prosecutor failed to vigorously prosecute serious criminal cases.
  Synonyms
  take to court, bring/institute legal proceedings against, bring an action against, take legal action against, accuse, cite, summons, sue, try, bring to trial, put on trial, put in the dock, bring a charge against, bring a criminal charge against, charge, prefer charges against, bring a suit against, indict, arraign
  North American impeach
  informal have the law on, do
  North American informal jug
  rare implead
2Continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion.
彻底进行，执行
a serious threat to the government's ability to prosecute the war
对政府推行战争能力的严重威胁。
Example sentencesExamples
- We were also fearful that the governments prosecuting this war would not be doing an official count themselves.
- And I like the idea that because we had intelligence failings, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war.
- Certainly, there was a recognition that we'd need to rebuild stuff that we broke in the course of prosecuting the war.
- Or does he believe that a bold enough feint will allow him to continue to prosecute this war with his original plan?
- Even so, it continues to prosecute its own campaign against police methodology.
- Revenues from oil exports, which began in August 1999, bolster its ability to prosecute the war and even develop its own arms industry.
- For more than a year, he bravely stood against popular opinion and in favor of prosecuting the war.
- And the administration says, this is the reason it continues to prosecute the war and continues to try to pour more resources into intelligence.
- Eighty-eight men died prosecuting his war and he didn't know the number.
- And he is not - Roosevelt could prosecute that war and obviously did it effectively.
- If they had wanted to punish those who had prosecuted the war, that was their chance.
- But also bear in mind another important lesson of history - unpopular or barely popular wars can still be prosecuted successfully.
- Churchill, early in the war, sent a memo to his top commanders asking them to deliver to him that same afternoon, on one side of a standard sheet of paper, their plans for prosecuting the war in Europe.
- From the media, governments want fair, consistent, non-exploitive treatment that appreciates the complexity of prosecuting a modern war.
- They want us all to do the convenient thing and quietly forget that those weapons were the primary apparent motive for prosecuting the war.
- We need them to convince us that they have a firm, agreed and coherent strategy for continuing to prosecute the odyssey upon which they have embarked.
- Those prosecuting the war, in the name of freedom, must keep that cause before them at all times.
- And this war is being prosecuted with one different economic variable.
Synonyms
carry out, accomplish, perform, implement, effect, bring off, bring about, achieve, carry off, carry through, complete, enact, enforce, put into effect, put into practice, do, discharge, engineer, administer, attain, realize, fulfil
1. 2.1archaic Carry on (a trade or pursuit)
  〈古〉继续从事（某职业）；追求
  I am waiting for permission to prosecute my craft
  等候获准继续从事我的手艺。
  Synonyms
  pursue, carry on, conduct, direct, engage in, work at, proceed with, continue, continue with, keep on with, go ahead with
  fight, wage

Derivatives

prosecutable

adjective

The special prosecutor concluded, however, that his actions did not constitute a prosecutable offense.
Example sentencesExamples
- In many instances, the available evidence does not rise to the level of prosecutable action.
- After all, breaking a window is a prosecutable act under the law regardless of the reason the stone was cast.
- The possibilities of moral and political embarrassment, to say nothing of the implication of commanding officers in prosecutable actions, are simply too great.
- On Tuesday afternoon, a press officer contacted our reporter to say that some of the pictures appeared as though they had been taken from the trackside and that that would amount to trespass, a prosecutable offence.

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin prosecut- 'pursued, accompanied', from the verb prosequi, from pro- 'onward' + sequi 'follow'.

Definition of prosecute in US English:

prosecute

verbˈprɑsəˌkjutˈpräsəˌkyo͞ot

[with object]

1Institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization)
对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控
they were prosecuted for obstructing the highway
他们因阻塞公路而被检控。
Example sentencesExamples
- Will the alleged perpetrator be prosecuted to the full extent of the law?
- If these things had happened solely in the private sector, the members of the cartel would have been prosecuted under the Trade Practices Act.
- In theory drivers could also be prosecuted for carrying passengers who are not wearing a seatbelt, meaning that in a normal car more than three back-seat passengers would be an offence.
- There was also a nationwide increase in the number of people prosecuted for animal cruelty.
- The penalty is hardly much of a deterrent and the few who are prosecuted generally continue to practise elsewhere.
- Not one worker or trade union has been prosecuted.
- In fact she could be prosecuted under the Trade Descriptions Act.
- Alan Fairhurst, prosecuting, said trading standards officers carried out authenticity tests on drinks purchased in the pub.
- I wonder if those of us prosecuted for refusing to carry one will be offered trial by jury?
- Since 2001 Swindon Trading Standards officers have prosecuted 10 businesses, which resulted in £40,000 fines.
- The local government would then still have the ability to close and prosecute a sub-standard establishment, and control the location and number of such places in their area.
- When caught, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- They will be prosecuted under section 87 and 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
- Offenders of intellectual property violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
- The authority has pledged to prosecute anyone responsible.
- Can he or she be criminally prosecuted for cruelty to animals?
- It is an issue which we take very seriously, and we will continue to prosecute offenders to the full extent of the law.
- We will investigate crime and narrow the justice gap so more offenders are successfully prosecuted.
- But he notes that medical cannabis growers around the state continue to be prosecuted by local, state, and federal authorities.
- She said several people were successfully prosecuted for breaches.
1. 1.1 Institute legal proceedings in respect of (a claim or offense)
  对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控
  the state's attorney's office seemed to decide that this was a case worth prosecuting
  该州的检察院似乎认定这是个值得起诉的案件。
  no object the company didn't prosecute because of his age
  考虑到他的年龄，公司没有起诉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Law Reform Commission recommended that the offences be prosecuted summarily.
  There were complaints that the Supreme Cassation Prosecution led by the Chief Prosecutor failed to vigorously prosecute serious criminal cases.
  Universal jurisdiction entitles a state to prosecute an offence even in the absence of any connection based on nationality, territory, or the protective principle.
  Would you say this case was prosecuted vigorously, and if so, why?
  To prevent a party who is entitled to some recovery from incurring costs prosecuting a claim for an excessive amount, a defendant may acknowledge liability for an amount less than that claimed.
  North Yorkshire's trading standards have already prosecuted in four cases, which resulted in fines for breaching regulations.
  So what are we seeing the police prosecuting in the courts?
  Does the world want to indict and prosecute crimes against humanity?
  Petty property crime, by far the most commonly prosecuted offence from the eighteenth century onwards, has also been perpetrated in the main by young men.
  The claimant concedes that in the ordinary way a company cannot recover by way of costs any payment for the time of its employees engaged in investigating or prosecuting its claim.
  As to the procedural merits, persons wishing to engage the jurisdiction of the Court must prosecute their claims with due diligence and speed.
  He pledged to carry on pursuing and prosecuting persistent noise nuisances.
  Both Plaintiffs lacked any capacity to prosecute this Claim.
  The U.S. attorney prosecuting that case has indicated that she may seek the death penalty.
  As a matter of law and as a matter of discretion, I think that justice requires the claimant, if it wishes further to prosecute its new claims, to do so in a fresh action.
  If, for example, the plaintiff has been guilty of unreasonable delay in prosecuting his claim, the court may decline to award interest for the full period from the date of loss.
  The result is, that it may be some time before courts are in a position to prosecute these offences and they make take a long time for the police to complete investigations.
  This is a case of an omission or omissions by the appellants as the respondent's solicitors: the failure to prosecute his claim with due diligence which led to his counterclaim being struck out.
  The Judge hearing any such application will be in a better position than I am to take stock of the Claimant and her prospects of actually prosecuting this claim before the court.
  Defamation continued to be prosecuted in the church courts over the course of the sixteenth century, and the volume of cases increased rather dramatically.
  Synonyms
  take to court, bring legal proceedings against, institute legal proceedings against, bring an action against, take legal action against, accuse, cite, summons, sue, try, bring to trial, put on trial, put in the dock, bring a charge against, bring a criminal charge against, charge, prefer charges against, bring a suit against, indict, arraign
2. 1.2no object (of a lawyer) conduct the case against the party being accused or sued in a lawsuit.
  （律师等）代表原告指控
  Mr. Ryan will be prosecuting this morning
  Example sentencesExamples
  The barrister, who was prosecuting, was hoping to impress on the judge the infamy of the two York men in the dock.
  State attorneys George Busby and Nirana Parsan are prosecuting while attorneys Mario Merritt and Orin Kerr are defending the accused.
  Do we forget to speak out when police don't arrest, when prosecutors don't prosecute, and judges don't grant protective orders?
  In such cases the onus is on the prosecution to prosecute.
  You've never heard the words not guilty in a courtroom where you were prosecuting?
2Continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion.
彻底进行，执行
a serious threat to the government's ability to prosecute the war
对政府推行战争能力的严重威胁。
Example sentencesExamples
- We need them to convince us that they have a firm, agreed and coherent strategy for continuing to prosecute the odyssey upon which they have embarked.
- Eighty-eight men died prosecuting his war and he didn't know the number.
- And this war is being prosecuted with one different economic variable.
- If they had wanted to punish those who had prosecuted the war, that was their chance.
- From the media, governments want fair, consistent, non-exploitive treatment that appreciates the complexity of prosecuting a modern war.
- But also bear in mind another important lesson of history - unpopular or barely popular wars can still be prosecuted successfully.
- Churchill, early in the war, sent a memo to his top commanders asking them to deliver to him that same afternoon, on one side of a standard sheet of paper, their plans for prosecuting the war in Europe.
- And the administration says, this is the reason it continues to prosecute the war and continues to try to pour more resources into intelligence.
- They want us all to do the convenient thing and quietly forget that those weapons were the primary apparent motive for prosecuting the war.
- For more than a year, he bravely stood against popular opinion and in favor of prosecuting the war.
- And I like the idea that because we had intelligence failings, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war.
- Revenues from oil exports, which began in August 1999, bolster its ability to prosecute the war and even develop its own arms industry.
- We were also fearful that the governments prosecuting this war would not be doing an official count themselves.
- Certainly, there was a recognition that we'd need to rebuild stuff that we broke in the course of prosecuting the war.
- Those prosecuting the war, in the name of freedom, must keep that cause before them at all times.
- And he is not - Roosevelt could prosecute that war and obviously did it effectively.
- Or does he believe that a bold enough feint will allow him to continue to prosecute this war with his original plan?
- Even so, it continues to prosecute its own campaign against police methodology.
Synonyms
carry out, accomplish, perform, implement, effect, bring off, bring about, achieve, carry off, carry through, complete, enact, enforce, put into effect, put into practice, do, discharge, engineer, administer, attain, realize, fulfil
1. 2.1archaic Carry on (a trade or pursuit)
  〈古〉继续从事（某职业）；追求
  waiting for permission to prosecute my craft
  等候获准继续从事我的手艺。
  Synonyms
  pursue, carry on, conduct, direct, engage in, work at, proceed with, continue, continue with, keep on with, go ahead with

Origin

Late Middle English (in prosecute (sense 2)): from Latin prosecut- ‘pursued, accompanied’, from the verb prosequi, from pro- ‘onward’ + sequi ‘follow’.

单词	prosecute
释义	Definition of prosecute in English: prosecute verb ˈprɒsɪkjuːtˈprɑsəˌkjut [with object] 1Institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization) 对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控 they were prosecuted for obstructing the highway 他们因阻塞公路而被检控。 no object the company didn't prosecute because of his age 考虑到他的年龄，公司没有起诉。 Example sentencesExamples There was also a nationwide increase in the number of people prosecuted for animal cruelty. Not one worker or trade union has been prosecuted. It is an issue which we take very seriously, and we will continue to prosecute offenders to the full extent of the law. The authority has pledged to prosecute anyone responsible. I wonder if those of us prosecuted for refusing to carry one will be offered trial by jury? We will investigate crime and narrow the justice gap so more offenders are successfully prosecuted. The local government would then still have the ability to close and prosecute a sub-standard establishment, and control the location and number of such places in their area. She said several people were successfully prosecuted for breaches. When caught, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. In fact she could be prosecuted under the Trade Descriptions Act. If these things had happened solely in the private sector, the members of the cartel would have been prosecuted under the Trade Practices Act. But he notes that medical cannabis growers around the state continue to be prosecuted by local, state, and federal authorities. Can he or she be criminally prosecuted for cruelty to animals? Alan Fairhurst, prosecuting, said trading standards officers carried out authenticity tests on drinks purchased in the pub. Offenders of intellectual property violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Since 2001 Swindon Trading Standards officers have prosecuted 10 businesses, which resulted in £40,000 fines. Will the alleged perpetrator be prosecuted to the full extent of the law? In theory drivers could also be prosecuted for carrying passengers who are not wearing a seatbelt, meaning that in a normal car more than three back-seat passengers would be an offence. They will be prosecuted under section 87 and 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The penalty is hardly much of a deterrent and the few who are prosecuted generally continue to practise elsewhere. 1.1 Institute legal proceedings in respect of (a claim or offence) 对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控 the state's attorney's office seemed to decide that this was a case worth prosecuting 该州的检察院似乎认定这是个值得起诉的案件。 Example sentencesExamples This is a case of an omission or omissions by the appellants as the respondent's solicitors: the failure to prosecute his claim with due diligence which led to his counterclaim being struck out. Both Plaintiffs lacked any capacity to prosecute this Claim. Petty property crime, by far the most commonly prosecuted offence from the eighteenth century onwards, has also been perpetrated in the main by young men. North Yorkshire's trading standards have already prosecuted in four cases, which resulted in fines for breaching regulations. Defamation continued to be prosecuted in the church courts over the course of the sixteenth century, and the volume of cases increased rather dramatically. As a matter of law and as a matter of discretion, I think that justice requires the claimant, if it wishes further to prosecute its new claims, to do so in a fresh action. To prevent a party who is entitled to some recovery from incurring costs prosecuting a claim for an excessive amount, a defendant may acknowledge liability for an amount less than that claimed. Would you say this case was prosecuted vigorously, and if so, why? So what are we seeing the police prosecuting in the courts? Universal jurisdiction entitles a state to prosecute an offence even in the absence of any connection based on nationality, territory, or the protective principle. As to the procedural merits, persons wishing to engage the jurisdiction of the Court must prosecute their claims with due diligence and speed. The Law Reform Commission recommended that the offences be prosecuted summarily. The result is, that it may be some time before courts are in a position to prosecute these offences and they make take a long time for the police to complete investigations. Does the world want to indict and prosecute crimes against humanity? The Judge hearing any such application will be in a better position than I am to take stock of the Claimant and her prospects of actually prosecuting this claim before the court. He pledged to carry on pursuing and prosecuting persistent noise nuisances. If, for example, the plaintiff has been guilty of unreasonable delay in prosecuting his claim, the court may decline to award interest for the full period from the date of loss. The claimant concedes that in the ordinary way a company cannot recover by way of costs any payment for the time of its employees engaged in investigating or prosecuting its claim. The U.S. attorney prosecuting that case has indicated that she may seek the death penalty. There were complaints that the Supreme Cassation Prosecution led by the Chief Prosecutor failed to vigorously prosecute serious criminal cases. Synonyms take to court, bring/institute legal proceedings against, bring an action against, take legal action against, accuse, cite, summons, sue, try, bring to trial, put on trial, put in the dock, bring a charge against, bring a criminal charge against, charge, prefer charges against, bring a suit against, indict, arraign North American impeach informal have the law on, do North American informal jug rare implead 2Continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion. 彻底进行，执行 a serious threat to the government's ability to prosecute the war 对政府推行战争能力的严重威胁。 Example sentencesExamples We were also fearful that the governments prosecuting this war would not be doing an official count themselves. And I like the idea that because we had intelligence failings, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. Certainly, there was a recognition that we'd need to rebuild stuff that we broke in the course of prosecuting the war. Or does he believe that a bold enough feint will allow him to continue to prosecute this war with his original plan? Even so, it continues to prosecute its own campaign against police methodology. Revenues from oil exports, which began in August 1999, bolster its ability to prosecute the war and even develop its own arms industry. For more than a year, he bravely stood against popular opinion and in favor of prosecuting the war. And the administration says, this is the reason it continues to prosecute the war and continues to try to pour more resources into intelligence. Eighty-eight men died prosecuting his war and he didn't know the number. And he is not - Roosevelt could prosecute that war and obviously did it effectively. If they had wanted to punish those who had prosecuted the war, that was their chance. But also bear in mind another important lesson of history - unpopular or barely popular wars can still be prosecuted successfully. Churchill, early in the war, sent a memo to his top commanders asking them to deliver to him that same afternoon, on one side of a standard sheet of paper, their plans for prosecuting the war in Europe. From the media, governments want fair, consistent, non-exploitive treatment that appreciates the complexity of prosecuting a modern war. They want us all to do the convenient thing and quietly forget that those weapons were the primary apparent motive for prosecuting the war. We need them to convince us that they have a firm, agreed and coherent strategy for continuing to prosecute the odyssey upon which they have embarked. Those prosecuting the war, in the name of freedom, must keep that cause before them at all times. And this war is being prosecuted with one different economic variable. Synonyms carry out, accomplish, perform, implement, effect, bring off, bring about, achieve, carry off, carry through, complete, enact, enforce, put into effect, put into practice, do, discharge, engineer, administer, attain, realize, fulfil 2.1archaic Carry on (a trade or pursuit) 〈古〉继续从事（某职业）；追求 I am waiting for permission to prosecute my craft 等候获准继续从事我的手艺。 Synonyms pursue, carry on, conduct, direct, engage in, work at, proceed with, continue, continue with, keep on with, go ahead with fight, wage Derivatives prosecutable adjective The special prosecutor concluded, however, that his actions did not constitute a prosecutable offense. Example sentencesExamples In many instances, the available evidence does not rise to the level of prosecutable action. After all, breaking a window is a prosecutable act under the law regardless of the reason the stone was cast. The possibilities of moral and political embarrassment, to say nothing of the implication of commanding officers in prosecutable actions, are simply too great. On Tuesday afternoon, a press officer contacted our reporter to say that some of the pictures appeared as though they had been taken from the trackside and that that would amount to trespass, a prosecutable offence. Origin Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin prosecut- 'pursued, accompanied', from the verb prosequi, from pro- 'onward' + sequi 'follow'. Definition of prosecute in US English: prosecute verbˈprɑsəˌkjutˈpräsəˌkyo͞ot [with object] 1Institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization) 对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控 they were prosecuted for obstructing the highway 他们因阻塞公路而被检控。 Example sentencesExamples Will the alleged perpetrator be prosecuted to the full extent of the law? If these things had happened solely in the private sector, the members of the cartel would have been prosecuted under the Trade Practices Act. In theory drivers could also be prosecuted for carrying passengers who are not wearing a seatbelt, meaning that in a normal car more than three back-seat passengers would be an offence. There was also a nationwide increase in the number of people prosecuted for animal cruelty. The penalty is hardly much of a deterrent and the few who are prosecuted generally continue to practise elsewhere. Not one worker or trade union has been prosecuted. In fact she could be prosecuted under the Trade Descriptions Act. Alan Fairhurst, prosecuting, said trading standards officers carried out authenticity tests on drinks purchased in the pub. I wonder if those of us prosecuted for refusing to carry one will be offered trial by jury? Since 2001 Swindon Trading Standards officers have prosecuted 10 businesses, which resulted in £40,000 fines. The local government would then still have the ability to close and prosecute a sub-standard establishment, and control the location and number of such places in their area. When caught, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. They will be prosecuted under section 87 and 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Offenders of intellectual property violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The authority has pledged to prosecute anyone responsible. Can he or she be criminally prosecuted for cruelty to animals? It is an issue which we take very seriously, and we will continue to prosecute offenders to the full extent of the law. We will investigate crime and narrow the justice gap so more offenders are successfully prosecuted. But he notes that medical cannabis growers around the state continue to be prosecuted by local, state, and federal authorities. She said several people were successfully prosecuted for breaches. 1.1 Institute legal proceedings in respect of (a claim or offense) 对（某人，机构）提起公诉, 告发，检控 the state's attorney's office seemed to decide that this was a case worth prosecuting 该州的检察院似乎认定这是个值得起诉的案件。 no object the company didn't prosecute because of his age 考虑到他的年龄，公司没有起诉。 Example sentencesExamples The Law Reform Commission recommended that the offences be prosecuted summarily. There were complaints that the Supreme Cassation Prosecution led by the Chief Prosecutor failed to vigorously prosecute serious criminal cases. Universal jurisdiction entitles a state to prosecute an offence even in the absence of any connection based on nationality, territory, or the protective principle. Would you say this case was prosecuted vigorously, and if so, why? To prevent a party who is entitled to some recovery from incurring costs prosecuting a claim for an excessive amount, a defendant may acknowledge liability for an amount less than that claimed. North Yorkshire's trading standards have already prosecuted in four cases, which resulted in fines for breaching regulations. So what are we seeing the police prosecuting in the courts? Does the world want to indict and prosecute crimes against humanity? Petty property crime, by far the most commonly prosecuted offence from the eighteenth century onwards, has also been perpetrated in the main by young men. The claimant concedes that in the ordinary way a company cannot recover by way of costs any payment for the time of its employees engaged in investigating or prosecuting its claim. As to the procedural merits, persons wishing to engage the jurisdiction of the Court must prosecute their claims with due diligence and speed. He pledged to carry on pursuing and prosecuting persistent noise nuisances. Both Plaintiffs lacked any capacity to prosecute this Claim. The U.S. attorney prosecuting that case has indicated that she may seek the death penalty. As a matter of law and as a matter of discretion, I think that justice requires the claimant, if it wishes further to prosecute its new claims, to do so in a fresh action. If, for example, the plaintiff has been guilty of unreasonable delay in prosecuting his claim, the court may decline to award interest for the full period from the date of loss. The result is, that it may be some time before courts are in a position to prosecute these offences and they make take a long time for the police to complete investigations. This is a case of an omission or omissions by the appellants as the respondent's solicitors: the failure to prosecute his claim with due diligence which led to his counterclaim being struck out. The Judge hearing any such application will be in a better position than I am to take stock of the Claimant and her prospects of actually prosecuting this claim before the court. Defamation continued to be prosecuted in the church courts over the course of the sixteenth century, and the volume of cases increased rather dramatically. Synonyms take to court, bring legal proceedings against, institute legal proceedings against, bring an action against, take legal action against, accuse, cite, summons, sue, try, bring to trial, put on trial, put in the dock, bring a charge against, bring a criminal charge against, charge, prefer charges against, bring a suit against, indict, arraign 1.2no object (of a lawyer) conduct the case against the party being accused or sued in a lawsuit. （律师等）代表原告指控 Mr. Ryan will be prosecuting this morning Example sentencesExamples The barrister, who was prosecuting, was hoping to impress on the judge the infamy of the two York men in the dock. State attorneys George Busby and Nirana Parsan are prosecuting while attorneys Mario Merritt and Orin Kerr are defending the accused. Do we forget to speak out when police don't arrest, when prosecutors don't prosecute, and judges don't grant protective orders? In such cases the onus is on the prosecution to prosecute. You've never heard the words not guilty in a courtroom where you were prosecuting? 2Continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion. 彻底进行，执行 a serious threat to the government's ability to prosecute the war 对政府推行战争能力的严重威胁。 Example sentencesExamples We need them to convince us that they have a firm, agreed and coherent strategy for continuing to prosecute the odyssey upon which they have embarked. Eighty-eight men died prosecuting his war and he didn't know the number. And this war is being prosecuted with one different economic variable. If they had wanted to punish those who had prosecuted the war, that was their chance. From the media, governments want fair, consistent, non-exploitive treatment that appreciates the complexity of prosecuting a modern war. But also bear in mind another important lesson of history - unpopular or barely popular wars can still be prosecuted successfully. Churchill, early in the war, sent a memo to his top commanders asking them to deliver to him that same afternoon, on one side of a standard sheet of paper, their plans for prosecuting the war in Europe. And the administration says, this is the reason it continues to prosecute the war and continues to try to pour more resources into intelligence. They want us all to do the convenient thing and quietly forget that those weapons were the primary apparent motive for prosecuting the war. For more than a year, he bravely stood against popular opinion and in favor of prosecuting the war. And I like the idea that because we had intelligence failings, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. Revenues from oil exports, which began in August 1999, bolster its ability to prosecute the war and even develop its own arms industry. We were also fearful that the governments prosecuting this war would not be doing an official count themselves. Certainly, there was a recognition that we'd need to rebuild stuff that we broke in the course of prosecuting the war. Those prosecuting the war, in the name of freedom, must keep that cause before them at all times. And he is not - Roosevelt could prosecute that war and obviously did it effectively. Or does he believe that a bold enough feint will allow him to continue to prosecute this war with his original plan? Even so, it continues to prosecute its own campaign against police methodology. Synonyms carry out, accomplish, perform, implement, effect, bring off, bring about, achieve, carry off, carry through, complete, enact, enforce, put into effect, put into practice, do, discharge, engineer, administer, attain, realize, fulfil 2.1archaic Carry on (a trade or pursuit) 〈古〉继续从事（某职业）；追求 waiting for permission to prosecute my craft 等候获准继续从事我的手艺。 Synonyms pursue, carry on, conduct, direct, engage in, work at, proceed with, continue, continue with, keep on with, go ahead with Origin Late Middle English (in prosecute (sense 2)): from Latin prosecut- ‘pursued, accompanied’, from the verb prosequi, from pro- ‘onward’ + sequi ‘follow’.
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