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prosecuted

prosecuted is the simple past and past participle of prosecute.

Meaning of prosecute

Verb

prosecute (third-person singular simple present prosecutes, present participle prosecuting, simple past and past participle prosecuted)

  1. (transitive) To start criminal proceedings against.
    • to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
  2. (transitive) To charge, try.
    • The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 8
  3. To seek to obtain by legal process.
    • to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
  4. (transitive) To pursue something to the end.
    • to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation

Questions about prosecuted

What is prosecuted the simple past and past participle of?
Prosecuted is the simple past and past participle of prosecute.

Words near prosecuted in the dictionary

  1. prosects
  2. prosecutability
  3. prosecutable
  4. prosecutably
  5. prosecute
  6. prosecuted
  7. prosecutee
  8. prosecutees
  9. prosecutes
  10. prosecutest
  11. prosecuteth

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