threat of prosecution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthreatandprosecution
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threat
noun[C]
uk/θret/us/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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prosecution
noun
uk/ˌprɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən/us/ˌprɑː.səˈkjuː.ʃən/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofthreatandprosecutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thethreatofprosecutionis minimal even when employers are caught.
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The verythreatofprosecutionwill, for all practical purposes, be sufficient.
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Without it, the child may have thethreatofprosecutionhanging over him for an indefinite period.
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Neither do we accept the implication that thethreatofprosecutionis required to achieve an acceptable standard.
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After all, if the rest of the community emitted smoke from their chimneys, the local environmental health officer would be round with thethreatofprosecution.
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On the one hand, it placed the writers and vendors of radical literature under the constantthreatofprosecution.
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Surely it is wrong to put someone under thethreatofprosecutionin such circumstances.
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What, in fact, will prevent a party to a dispute—for example, over property—using thethreatofprosecutionmerely to frighten or irritate the other party?
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Much of it will continue to require protection, but that protection would not include thethreatofprosecution.
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But prosecution, and thethreatofprosecution, remains an effective and necessary sanction.
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I appreciate that thethreatofprosecutionmay not always be enough to end the disturbance of, for example, a noisy party.
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We hope that there are enough compassionate people who will risk thethreatofprosecutionby ensuring that such people are provided with water.
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Thethreatofprosecutioncould be made where there was negligence.
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The amendment would leave dischargers throughout the country uncertain as to their legal responsibilities and about thethreatofprosecution.
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Prosecution and thethreatofprosecutionare used to harass opponents of government policies.
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Only thethreatofprosecutioncaused him to comply with the law.
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But the object of the exercise is that thethreatofprosecutionshould force health authorities to take their obligations more seriously.
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It lies in the fact that thethreatofprosecutionbegins on day one.
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Moreover, the way would be open for thethreatofprosecutionto be used to bring pressure on individual members.
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This would be a further fetter on the freedom of commercial firms to make a choice of market without anythreatofprosecution.
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