prosecutive
adjEtymology From prosecute + -ive.
1
Law Of or pertaining to prosecution.
- 1993, United States Department of Justice, Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas Following the ATF raid, the prosecutive focus shifted to-building cases against any Branch Davidians who were responsible for killing and wounding ATF agents, or attempting to do so, during the two shootouts on February 28.
- Derived terms
- nonprosecutive, prosecutive case