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What is the adjective for prosecuted?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb prosecute which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

prosecutorial
  1. (criminal law) Relating to a prosecuting criminal cases.
  2. Examples:
      3. “One consequence of defining the offence so widely is that reliance is placed on prosecutorial discretion to keep minor incidents out of court.”
      “Faced with accusations of gross prosecutorial misconduct by defense attorneys, he was forced to remove himself from the case.”
      “She thinks that doping investigations are unfairly prosecutorial, and that the punishments are less about the athletes and more about politics.”
prosecutive
  1. (law) Of or pertaining to prosecution.
prosecutable
  1. Able to be prosecuted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. actionable, disputable, triable, appealable, contestable, accountable, responsible, suable, answerable, liable, litigable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Lane County Deputy District Attorney David Schwartz said on Wednesday that Kidd is still not prosecutable because of her mental state.”
      “After all, breaking a window is a prosecutable act under the law regardless of the reason the stone was cast.”
      “In many instances, the available evidence does not rise to the level of prosecutable action.”
prosecuted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prosecute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sued, charged, arraigned, litigated, accused, indicted, impeached, contested, did, done, summoned, summonsed, impleaded, tried, cited, jugged, took to court, taken to court, took legal action against, taken legal action against, preferred charges against, took legal action, taken legal action, brought an action against, brought someone to trial, hauled into court, put on trial, saw in court, seen in court, brought a suit against, had the law on, pulled up, put away, brought legal proceedings against, instituted legal proceedings against someone, acted against, brought suit against, put in the dock, brought a charge against, brought action against, brought suit, preferred charges, sought redress, brought a criminal charge against, brought to court, involved in litigation, put on docket, turned on the heat, inculpated, incriminated … more
prosecuting
  1. present participle of prosecute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. suing, charging, arraigning, litigating, accusing, indicting, impeaching, contesting, doing, summoning, summonsing, impleading, trying, citing, jugging, taking to court, taking legal action against, preferring charges against, taking legal action, bringing an action against, bringing someone to trial, hauling into court, putting on trial, seeing in court, bringing a suit against, having the law on, pulling up, putting away, bringing legal proceedings against, instituting legal proceedings against someone, acting against, bringing suit against, putting in the dock, bringing a charge against, bringing action against, bringing suit, preferring charges, seeking redress, bringing a criminal charge against, bringing to court, involving in litigation, putting on docket, turning on the heat, inculpating, incriminating, criminating, pressing charges, blaming, filing a suit, defaming … more
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