Prosecutive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to prosecution.

    "1993, United States Department of Justice, Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas Following the ATF raid, the prosecutive focus shifted to-building cases against any Branch Davidians who were responsible for killing and wounding ATF agents, or attempting to do so, during the two shootouts on February 28."

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"1993, United States Department of Justice, Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas Following the ATF raid, the prosecutive focus shifted to-building cases against any Branch Davidians who were responsible for killing and wounding ATF agents, or attempting to do so, during the two shootouts on February 28."

Etymology

From prosecute + -ive.

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