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overprosecutes

overprosecutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overprosecutes

What is overprosecutes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overprosecutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overprosecute.

Words near overprosecutes in the dictionary

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

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