The phrase "attempted to prosecute" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing legal actions taken against someone, particularly when referring to efforts made to bring charges against an individual.
Example: "The district attorney attempted to prosecute the suspect for the alleged crime, but the evidence was insufficient."
Alternatives: "sought to prosecute" or "tried to prosecute".
It has attempted to prosecute Dr Manuputty for separatist activities, a crime in Indonesia.
The Lawrence family had attempted to prosecute Norris and Jamie Acourt too.
As is well known, the government attempted to prosecute The Chicago Tribune for this publication, but the grand jury it convened would not indict the newspaper.
In Chile, for example, when the nation's civilian leaders have attempted to prosecute military officers for Pinochet-era offenses, soldiers have responded with shows of insubordination.
The Justice Department, which has made no secret of its desire to come down hard on activists who stage protests at military bases, ports and other sensitive security locations, had attempted to prosecute Greenpeace under an obscure 19th-century maritime law intended to prevent prostitutes soliciting business from passing ships.
We do not want to remember this as a time when the nations of the world united in a campaign against terrorists, and then backed away when America attempted to prosecute foreign nationals in secret trials conducted according to unfair rules.
These tactics have gained significant momentum, prompting an initiative by the National Association of Attorneys General, law-enforcement stings and sweeps across the country, and even attempts to prosecute clients as traffickers.
Papon himself was finally convicted of his role in the Second World War deportations in 1998, but attempts to prosecute him for the 1961 massacre foundered.
Four years later he used an affair with an intern to advocate Mr Clinton's impeachment.As the government struggles to hold its own employees to account, attempts to prosecute private firms are proceeding fitfully.
And nothing prevents the government from attempting to prosecute them now, and taking its chances with the evidence it has, instead of saying that trials would be too difficult.
The ministry of sports went so far as to attempt to prosecute 14 fan organisations at once but the charges were finally dropped after ministers moved on to other positions.
