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prosecution
noun pros·e·cu·tion \ˌprä-si-ˈkyü-shən\
: the act or process of holding a trial against a person who is accused of a crime to see if that person is guilty
the prosecution : the side of a legal case which argues that a person who is accused of a crime is guilty : the lawyer or lawyers who prosecute someone in a court case
: the act of doing or continuing to do something
Full Definition of PROSECUTION
1
: the act or process of prosecuting; specifically : the institution and continuance of a criminal suit involving the process of pursuing formal charges against an offender to final judgment
2
: the party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted or conducted
3
obsolete : pursuit
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First Known Use of PROSECUTION
1567
Related to PROSECUTION
- Synonyms
- accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, commission, pursuance
- Antonyms
- nonfulfillment, nonperformance
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Rhymes with PROSECUTION
absolution, allocution, attribution, comminution, consecution, constitution, contribution, convolution, destitution, dissolution, distribution, elocution, evolution, execution, exsolution, institution, involution, persecution, prostitution, resolution, restitution, retribution, revolution, Rosicrucian, substitution
PROSECUTION Defined for Kids
prosecution
noun pros·e·cu·tion \ˌprä-si-ˈkyü-shən\
Definition of PROSECUTION for Kids
1
: the act of carrying on a legal action against a person accused of a crime in court
2
: the lawyers in a criminal case trying to prove that the accused person is guilty <The prosecution will try to prove it was murder.>
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