misprosecute
Verb
To prosecute badly or ineptly.
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[…] there is a resonable basis to question that Cannada has deliberately and fraudulently misinvestigated or misprosecuted allegations with the aim of shielding a suspected war criminal;
Child-abuse scandals are prosecuted and misprosecuted with almost Salem-witch-trial fervor.
Bucky the Beater, who'd made a career out of misprosecuting gangsters, finally hitting one because the jerk confessed—at least he hadn't fucked that one up.
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