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overtry

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).

transitive

Examples

““It would appear⟳ to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

overtrying overtumble overtumbled overtumbles overtumbling overtune

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