unprosecuted
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪd/
- As a result of the large number of rapes that remain not only unreported but unprosecuted, it has uncovered a barely known repercussion.
- go unprosecuted
Examples
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Unprosecuted financial fraud totaling TRILLIONS of dollars.
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Now compare that $146,000 worth of societal cost to the $475 million in allegedly fraudulent claims by 800 Dallas-area home health companies, with more potential Texas targets so far unprosecuted.
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Unprosecuted war crimes committed by our officials.
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He'll always be an unprosecuted doper in my book.
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The rest went unprosecuted, largely because people didn't consider it worth the time and trouble and charge of bringing a case over over goods which were of low value.
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Raise your hands, everybody who thinks that wouldn't get a pass, in a state where the Oaky Woods deal got by unprosecuted, where board appointments have become open political currency and nepotism is commonplace on state boards and commissions.
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Many domestic violence cases remain unprosecuted due to lack of evidence.
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Numerous financial crimes go unprosecuted, leaving victims without justice.
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Despite clear evidence, many offenders walk free as their crimes remain unprosecuted.
Synonyms
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7.3
A person who is not officially charged with a crime in court
Surface Forms
Morphology
unprosecuted = prosecuted (transparent) = un + prosecute + ed
The meaning is directly derived by negating the state 'prosecuted' with the productive English prefix 'un-'.
Etymology
Unprosecuted breaks into un- meaning 'not' and prosecute, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to follow'. So an unprosecuted crime is one that was not 'followed up' in court, meaning it was not officially charged or taken to trial.