Commit and Prosecute

Commit

Commit verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

Usage example: accused of committing a felony

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Prosecute and commit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prosecute" instead a verb "Commit".

Prosecute verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

Usage example: the neurologists plan to prosecute their research for as long as funding remains available

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Commit and prosecute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commit" instead a verb "Prosecute".

Stella is annoyed that they can't prosecute the girl, because she didn't commit any actual crime, she just pulled the strings to get the other guy to act.

Source: The Sociopath / Live-Action TV
Matlin's character got the woman to commit suicide by telling her they'd do it together, which she had no intention of fulfilling, leading the team to prosecute her under "Murder by fake suicide pact."

Source: Suicide Pact
To quote section II.1 of the OKH (Army High Command) Barbarossa Decree of 13/5/1941: "For acts which members of the Wehrmacht or its retinue commit against enemy civilians, there is no compulsion to prosecute, even when the act represents at the same time a military crime or offense."

Source: Useful Notes / Nazis with Gnarly Weapons

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