prosecution - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • initiate: That the ability to initiate a private prosecution should remain unchanged.
  • escape: He tells Hermann that many people believe he helped fake his father's death to enable him to escape prosecution.
  • discontinue: Mr Rees was charged with this offense but the Director of Public Prosecutions subsequently discontinued the prosecution for lack of evidence.
  • pursue: Each month Nexus pursues prosecutions against fraudsters through the courts.

Adjective modifier

  • criminal: In an inquest the family can be involved in the hearing, unlike in a criminal prosecution.
  • malicious: The Lindos have taken out a civil case, charging the police with malicious prosecution, assault and false imprisonment.
  • intended: You will receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution in the post.
  • successful: Over 100 arrests have been made with numerous successful prosecutions.

Modifies a noun

  • witness: As a prosecution witness, will I see the defendant at court?
  • barrister: Richard Camden Pratt QC, the prosecution barrister, told the jury that the scientific evidence was " incontrovertible " .

Noun used with modifier

  • blasphemy: The event is not an extremely cost-effective way to raise funds for CV's blasphemy prosecution against the BBC.
  • manslaughter: Despite this, the Crown Prosecution Service have continued to attempt corporate manslaughter prosecutions.
  • crown: We have recently won a landmark Judicial Review challenging the crown prosecution services decision not to prosecute his employers for corporate manslaughter.

Preposition: of

  • offender: Consequently they are unlikely to favor the prosecution of offenders, which is the goal of the police service.

Preposition: for

  • incitement: Procedural measures It is unlikely that there have been more than a handful of prosecutions for incitement to commit terrorism.
  • perjury: However, very few prosecutions for perjury are brought.
  • manslaughter: This presentation takes place against a backdrop of the prosecution for corporate manslaughter of senior representatives of national companies.
  • non-compliance: In the 21 years that such regulations have been in place, there have been no prosecutions for non-compliance.
  • offense: The law provides 12 months to bring prosecutions for specific electoral offenses.

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