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overprosecuted

overprosecuted is the simple past and past participle of overprosecute.

Meaning of overprosecute

Verb

overprosecute (third-person singular simple present overprosecutes, present participle overprosecuting, simple past and past participle overprosecuted)

  1. (transitive) To prosecute (a crime or community) excessively.
    • The emphasis on prosecution and conviction as metrics of success leads police and prosecutors to overarrest, overprosecute, and overpunish low-level drug and other crimes in many cases.2017, Sharon Dolovich, Alexandra Natapoff, The New Criminal Justice Thinking, page 61

Questions about overprosecuted

What is overprosecuted the simple past and past participle of?
Overprosecuted is the simple past and past participle of overprosecute.

Words near overprosecuted in the dictionary

  1. overproportioned
  2. overproportioning
  3. overproportions
  4. overpropulsion
  5. overprosecute
  6. overprosecuted
  7. overprosecutes
  8. overprosecuting
  9. overprosecution
  10. overprosperity
  11. overprosperous

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