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overprosecuting

overprosecuting is the present participle and gerund 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 overprosecuting

What is overprosecuting the present participle and gerund of?
Overprosecuting is the present participle and gerund of overprosecute.

Words near overprosecuting in the dictionary

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

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