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What does prosecute mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word prosecute? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
  2. (transitive, law) To charge, try.
  3. To seek to obtain by legal process.
  4. (transitive) To pursue something to the end.
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If they're wrecked at work, especially if public safety relies on their sobriety, fire them and, perhaps, also prosecute.
The 1970 law, which was originally created to prosecute mobsters, makes normal business a crime if it is part of an illegal conspiracy.
The modern day rulers of this lawless land, like the nobility of old, prosecute the juiciest targets.
It would be able to seize vehicles caught fly tipping and could prosecute anyone caught dropping litter on any piece of land or water.
The genocide has also jolted the world into reconsidering how to prosecute mass killers.
A sergeant or a constable of police would make a decision, would he or she not, whether to prosecute for a traffic offence?

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