Meaning of misprosecute | Babel Free

Definitions

To prosecute badly or ineptly.

Examples

“[…] 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;”

“Child-abuse scandals are prosecuted and misprosecuted with almost Salem-witch-trial fervor.”

“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.”

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