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prosecutive

prosecutive adjective: of or pertaining to prosecution.

Adjective

prosecutive (comparative more prosecutive, superlative most prosecutive)

  1. Of or pertaining to prosecution.
    • Following the ATF raid, the prosecutive focus shifted to-building cases against any Branch Davidians who were responsible for killing and wounding ATF agents, or attempting to do so, during the two shootouts on February 28.1993, United States Department of Justice, Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas

Forms of prosecutive

comparativemore prosecutive
superlativemost prosecutive

Origin of prosecutive

From prosecute + -ive.

Words formed from prosecutive

Phrases with prosecutive

Questions about prosecutive

What does prosecutive mean?
Prosecutive means of or pertaining to prosecution.
What part of speech is prosecutive?
Prosecutive is an adjective.

Words near prosecutive in the dictionary

  1. prosecution histories
  2. prosecution history
  3. prosecution history estoppel
  4. prosecutional
  5. prosecutions
  6. prosecutive
  7. prosecutive case
  8. prosecutive cases
  9. prosecutor
  10. prosecutorial
  11. prosecutorially

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