overtry

Etymology

From over- + try.

overtry means to spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.

verb

To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).““It would appear to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.”