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prosecute

[pros-i-kyoot] / ˈprɒs ɪˌkyut /




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Greg Apt, a former public defender who served under Gascón as second-in-command of the unit that prosecutes police cases, said he quit last year out of frustration with the new leadership.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think she could really spend her time prosecuting the people in the Epstein files and making sure that information from the federal government is transparent.”

From Los Angeles Times

A number of families are taking legal action against Bright Horizons and have called for the nursery to be prosecuted.

From BBC

Lieu asked why the photos had not been used to prosecute Mountbatten-Windsor.

From BBC

In the week after the fires, one agent told The Times that their landlord client said they “doubt it’ll be prosecuted,” ordering the agent to raise the price more than 10%.

From Los Angeles Times