knock off vs nolle pros

knock off and nolle pros both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knock off	No	No	Yes	No
nolle pros	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, nolle pros is a hyponym of knock off; that is, nolle pros is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than knock off:

knock off: stop pursuing or acting
nolle pros: drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records

Other hyponyms of knock off include nol.pros., nolle prosequi.

knock off (verb)	nolle pros (verb)
stop pursuing or acting	drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
write quickly
take by theft
cut the price of