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History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 21 days ago

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No, they’re two different things without necessarily having moral judgement.

To prosecute means to execute legal proceedings against someone.

To persecute means to harass and harm generally.

For example, a child molester might get prosecuted in court and then persecuted in prison.
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  Went to check, and Merriam-Webster has similar definitions:
  
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