Forced
Forced adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Prosecuted and forced are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prosecuted" instead a verb "Forced".
Prosecuted
Forced and prosecuted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forced" instead a verb "Prosecuted".
Both words in one sentence
- Santa Anna was eventually forced to surrender, but was never prosecuted or punished in any way for the massacre.
Source: Easily Forgiven -
In Bernhard Schlink's The Reader, Hanna is prosecuted as a war criminal when she is found to have been a concentration camp guard who oversaw a forced prisoner march.
Source: Just Following Orders -
The new government under Raoul Alfonsin (a human rights attorney) prosecuted the leaders of the first three juntas before military tribunals, and turned numerous other perpetrators over to civilian courts, before the threat of another revolt forced him to back down.
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