criminal prosecution

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandprosecution

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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prosecution
noun
uk
/ˌprɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌprɑː.səˈkjuː.ʃən/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandprosecutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Our conclusion was that as it stood the material would not be sufficient to support acriminalprosecution, even if there were jurisdiction.
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I should have thought that that was asking a great deal of a court which was not conducting acriminalprosecution.
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I agree that any corrupt practice in any election should be dealt with by way ofcriminalprosecution.
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I asked about outcomes—who had been reinstated, who had been dismissed or disciplined and who had been subject tocriminalprosecution.
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They give the regulator discretion to issue enforcement notices requiring compliance and provide forcriminalprosecutionin a range of circumstances.
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Those provisions differ from "sus" in that the arrested person does not afterwards facecriminalprosecutionfor an offence.
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The dancing girls, however, have contrived to carry out their object without rendering themselves amenable tocriminalprosecution.
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Several facedcriminalprosecutionafter the election.
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My information is never-less that, although various incidents were reported to the police, there was no occasion on which these led to acriminalprosecution.
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It was that the police were inquiring into this whole matter to see whther there was a case for acriminalprosecution.
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I would not accuse anyone of that, except in the course of conducting acriminalprosecution.
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Information on the cost of thecriminalprosecutionis not available.
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The police were satisfied that nocriminalprosecutioncould be brought.
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If so, was anycriminalprosecutioninstituted or any action taken as a result of the musical group proceeding with the programme thus adorned?
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It does not only exert itself throughcriminalprosecution, it exerts itself through ordinary contacts.
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Acriminalprosecutionwould have to wait its turn.
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Does he concede that clause 14 will involve more people in the threat ofcriminalprosecutionthan he has so far admitted?
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It is right that the farmer will be prosecuted, that he will facecriminalprosecution.
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