Example sentences for: prosecutions

How can you use “prosecutions” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • First, performance in the Bureau was generally measured against statistics such as numbers of arrests, indictments, prosecutions, and convictions.

  • The Los Angeles Times goes with a Syracuse University study showing that federal prosecutions of gun cases have recently dropped by a third and that convicted criminals are serving less jail time.

  • Yet criminal investigations or prosecutions are rare (and usually involve violations of the fund-raising limits rather than any quid pro quo).

  • USA Today goes with the upswing in federal health care fraud prosecutions, resulting in unprecedented numbers of doctors and administrators going to prison.

  • USA Today leads with President Clinton's expected proposal today of a $280 million increase in federal funds targeting the enforcement of current gun control laws, a move the paper says is explicitly calculated to meet a recurring NRA criticism: that federal firearms prosecutions have steeply declined under Clinton.


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