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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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In a statement, she said the letter never should have been sent and her office wouldn’t prosecute a journalist or compel them to reveal sources.
MORNING REPORT: SDPD HAS TICKETED DOZENS FOR ‘SEDITIOUS LANGUAGE’VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 3, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOShe called it “antiquated” and said deputy city attorneys would not prosecute anyone for it.
SDPD IS PUNISHING SPEECH USING A 102-YEAR-OLD CITY LAWKATE NUCCIAUGUST 3, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOMy office has never – and will never – prosecute a journalist or compel them to reveal confidential sources.
POLITICS REPORT: MARA ELLIOTT, PLUMBERSCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSAUGUST 1, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe office also prosecutes all misdemeanor crimes in the city of San Diego.
POLITICS REPORT: VACATION RENTALS? IT’S JUST LIKE OLD TIMES!SCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSJULY 4, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAs San Diego prepares to prosecute people who attended protests, the streetlight camera footage could be useful not just to local authorities, but to federal prosecutors.
POLICE USED SMART STREETLIGHT FOOTAGE TO INVESTIGATE PROTESTERSJESSE MARXJUNE 29, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIn Miami, Florida, and Ramapo, New York, the SEC has fined and helped prosecute government officials involved in bond-market fraud.
AUDIT FINDS SWEETWATER OFFICIALS DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED FINANCESWILL HUNTSBERRYJUNE 23, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOProsecute him, and you may promise yourself to be blown up at every gaming-house in the town.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS, VOL IV.EDITORS: ARTHUR MEE AND J.A. HAMMERTONProsecute the boy, and you put him in prison, and spend more money; you get none back.
THE NEW MISTRESSGEORGE MANVILLE FENNSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 23, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO PROSECUTE
- allege
- apprehend
- arraign
- arrest
- attack
- attribute
- betray
- blame
- blow the whistle
- brand
- bring charges
- censure
- charge
- cite
- complain
- criminate
- denounce
- file claim
- finger
- frame
- hang something on
- hold accountable
- impeach
- implicate
- impute
- incriminate
- inculpate
- indict
- lay at door
- let have it
- libel
- litigate
- lodge complaint
- name
- pin on
- point finger at
- prosecute
- recriminate
- serve summons
- slander
- slur
- sue
- summon
- tax
- alleging
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- betraying
- blaming
- blowing the whistle
- branding
- bringing charges
- censuring
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- citing
- complaining
- criminating
- denouncing
- file claim
- fingering
- framing
- hanging something on
- holding accountable
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- incriminating
- inculpating
- indicting
- letting having it
- libelling
- litigating
- lodge complaint
- lying at door
- naming
- pinning on
- point finger at
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- recriminating
- serving summons
- slandering
- slurring
- suing
- summoning
- taxing
- accuse
- adjudicate
- arraign
- blacklist
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- boycott
- brand
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- criticize
- damn
- declaim
- decry
- denunciate
- derogate
- dress down
- excoriate
- expose
- finger
- hang something on
- impeach
- implicate
- impugn
- incriminate
- indict
- inveigh against
- knock
- ostracize
- proscribe
- prosecute
- rap
- rat
- rebuke
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- revile
- scold
- show up
- skin
- smear
- stigmatize
- take to task
- threaten
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- accused
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- declaimed
- decried
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- reprobated
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- reviled
- scolded
- showed up
- skinned
- smeared
- stigmatized
- threatened
- took to task
- upbraided
- vilified
- vituperated
- accusing
- adjudicating
- arraigning
- blacklisting
- blaming
- boycotting
- branding
- castigating
- censuring
- charging
- charging with
- criticizing
- damning
- declaiming
- decrying
- denunciating
- derogating
- dressing down
- excoriating
- exposing
- fingering
- hanging something on
- impeaching
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- impugning
- incriminating
- indicting
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- knocking
- ostracizing
- proscribing
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- rapping
- ratting
- rebuking
- reprehending
- reprimanding
- reproaching
- reprobating
- reproving
- reviling
- scolding
- showing up
- skinning
- smearing
- stigmatizing
- taking to task
- threatening
- upbraiding
- vilifying
- vituperating
- accomplish
- administer
- administrate
- apply
- carry out
- coerce
- commandeer
- compel
- constrain
- crack down
- demand
- dictate
- discharge
- dragoon
- drive
- effect
- egg on
- emphasize
- exact
- execute
- exert
- expect
- extort
- force upon
- fortify
- fulfill
- goad
- hound
- impel
- implement
- impose
- incite
- insist on
- invoke
- lash
- lean on
- make
- necessitate
- oblige
- perform
- press
- prosecute
- put into effect
- put screws to
- reinforce
- require
- sanction
- spur
- strain
- stress
- strong-arm
- support
- urge
- whip
- wrest
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.