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misprosecute

misprosecute verb: to prosecute badly or ineptly.

Verb

misprosecute (third-person singular simple present misprosecutes, present participle misprosecuting, simple past and past participle misprosecuted)

  1. To prosecute badly or ineptly.
    • […] there is a resonable basis to question that Cannada has deliberately and fraudulently misinvestigated or misprosecuted allegations with the aim of shielding a suspected war criminal;2000, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, House of Commons Debates - Issues 75-84, page 5805
    • Child-abuse scandals are prosecuted and misprosecuted with almost Salem-witch-trial fervor.2004, David Brooks, On Paradise Drive, page 137

Forms of misprosecute

third-person singular presentmisprosecutes
present participlemisprosecuting
past participlemisprosecuted
pastmisprosecuted

Origin of misprosecute

From mis- + prosecute.

Questions about misprosecute

What does misprosecute mean?
Misprosecute means to prosecute badly or ineptly.
What part of speech is misprosecute?
Misprosecute is a verb.
What is the past tense of misprosecute?
The past tense of misprosecute is misprosecuted.

Words near misprosecute in the dictionary

  1. misproportion
  2. misproportionate
  3. misproportioned
  4. misproportioning
  5. misproportions
  6. misprosecute
  7. misprosecuted
  8. misprosecutes
  9. misprosecuting
  10. misproud
  11. misprove

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