单词 | unprosecuted |
释义 | unprosecutedadj. That has not been prosecuted; esp. not charged or indicted for an offence or crime. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [adjective] > not followed up unprosecuted1648 untracked1680 untraced1713 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted > not unarraigned1595 unprosecuted1648 unindicted1806 uncharged1900 1648 W. Prynne Case of Impeached Lords, Commons, & Citizens 13 Traitors and publike Enemies to the Kingdome, are suffered to go unprosecuted. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. vi. sig. Ll2v To make him leave his Endeavours unprosecuted. 1777 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 444/2 Many innocent, or acquitted and unprosecuted prisoners, after having been confined for months, dragged back to gaol, and locked up again. 1791 Whole Proc. Trial T. Walker 189 The idle menace of an unprosecuted duel. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. iv. 97 The example is bad, when a man supposed to be guilty is seen to remain unprosecuted. 1933 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 24 714 It is possible that this increase in unprosecuted criminality is the natural result of the insufficiency of French police organization. 2004 T. Rosenbaum Myth Moral Justice vii. 117 Criminals go unprosecuted because of a technical infraction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。