adjective
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an overzealous tax inspector
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His lawyer says he was entrapped by overzealous prosecutors who wrongly characterized campaign contributions as bribes.
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His proxies, both Republican and Democratic, said the charges were a product of overzealous prosecution.
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In this drama, the overzealous junior exec in the big corporation is named Jim Profit.
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Quietly shelving an overzealous working paper produced last September, the commission has repackaged its ideas.
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The growth of data mining has led many to worry about invasions of privacy by overzealous marketers.
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The potential for mischief in the international system by politically motivated or overzealous prosecutions is great.