misprosecute en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + prosecute.
Meanings
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To prosecute badly or ineptly.
Child-abuse scandals are prosecuted and misprosecuted with almost Salem-witch-trial fervor.
2004, David Brooks, On Paradise Drive, page 137:[…] there is a resonable basis to question that Cannada has deliberately and fraudulently misinvestigated or misprosecuted allegations with the aim of shielding a suspected war criminal;
2000, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, House of Commons Debates - Issues 75-84, page 5805:Bucky the Beater, who'd made a career out of misprosecuting gangsters, finally hitting one because the jerk confessed—at least he hadn't fucked that one up.
2011, Richard Barre, Bearing Secrets:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misprosecuting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misprosecuted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misprosecuted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misprosecutes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |