Sentence examples for was prosecuting from inspiring English sources

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was prosecuting

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To start criminal proceedings against.

  • To prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot

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He was prosecuting the kidnapping case.

"It was not political reform, it was prosecuting a crime.

(His attorney general was prosecuting loads of cases).

They found that he was prosecuting African-Americans more harshly than whites for nonviolent drug offenses.

At the time, he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend on strangulation charges.

But here it was, prosecuting yet another writer for his words.

Mr. Miville-Deschenes said that he was "prosecuting this case as a deterrent".

He noted that the 23 cables had been "published throughout the world" and that the military was prosecuting Pfc.

But his defenders questioned why the government was prosecuting immigrant brokers even as it bailed out banks.

He had spent two years in Sierra Leone, where he advised the tribunal that was prosecuting war crimes.

If you violated the law and Fred was prosecuting, you could expect that you were going to prison".

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