nonprosecution

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ prosecution.

Adjective

nonprosecution (not comparable)

1. (law) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute
   • 2008 March 11, Philip Shenon, “New Guidelines Ahead of Ashcroft Testimony”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It has been the Justice Department’s preference in the Bush administration to resolve criminal investigations of large corporations with so-called nonprosecution or deferred prosecution agreements.

Noun

nonprosecution (countable and uncountable, plural nonprosecutions)

1. A failure to prosecute.
   • 2017, Mary Kreiner Ramirez, Steven A. Ramirez, The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty, page 207:

     The second reason offered for blanket nonprosecutions for crimes committed at the megabanks involves the possibility that such prosecutions could harm the economy.