prosecutory

[pros-uh-kyoo-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prosecutory¹

prosecute + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

The issue went all the way to cabinet before the home secretary, Theresa May, was forced to abandon proposals to split out the SFO's investigatory and prosecutory powers.

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What I saw and admired was an honest, patriotic, courageous man who answered insinuating and prosecutory questions in an intelligent manner.

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There can be a rather voyeuristic zeal about such searches for official wrongdoing, and prosecutory momentum, once begun, is difficult to slow.

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The laws of the Federal Republic, many enacted when Hitler was a fresh memory, strongly guarantee the right of political dissent and put heavy restraints on the investigative and prosecutory powers of the state.

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