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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun prosecution has 3 senses
- prosecution(n = noun.act) criminal prosecution - the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior; is a kind of action, action at law, legal action
- prosecution(n = noun.group) - the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant; is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
- prosecution(n = noun.act) pursuance - the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion; is a kind of continuance, continuation
is a part of trial
has particulars: double jeopardy
Antonym: defense
Derived forms verb prosecute2, verb prosecute1
Antonym: defense
Derived form verb prosecute3
CIDE DICTIONARY
prosecution, n. [L. prosecutio a following.].
- The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war. [1913 Webster]"Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties." [1913 Webster]
- The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense. Blackstone. Burrill. Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prosecution, n.
1 a the institution and carrying on of a criminal charge in a court. b the carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. c the prosecuting party in a court case (the prosecution denied this).
2 the act or an instance of prosecuting (met her in the prosecution of his hobby).
1 a the institution and carrying on of a criminal charge in a court. b the carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. c the prosecuting party in a court case (the prosecution denied this).
2 the act or an instance of prosecuting (met her in the prosecution of his hobby).
Etymology
OF prosecution or LL prosecutio (as PROSECUTE)
THESAURUS
prosecution
accusal, accusation, accusing, action, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges, bringing to book, carrying out, case, cause, cause in court, charge, chase, complaint, completion, count, delation, denouncement, denunciation, discharge, dogging, effectuation, enforcement, execution, follow, follow-up, following, fulfillment, hue and cry, hunting, impeachment, implication, imputation, indictment, information, innuendo, insinuation, judicial process, lawsuit, laying of charges, legal action, legal case, legal proceedings, legal process, legal remedy, litigation, observance, plaint, proceedings, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, reproach, searching, seeking, shadowing, stalking, suit, suit at law, taxing, tracking, tracking down, trailing, transaction, true bill, unspoken accusation, veiled accusationROGET THESAURUS
prosecution
Pursuit
N pursuit, pursuing, prosecution, pursuance, enterprise, business, adventure, quest, scramble, hue and cry, game, hobby, still-hunt, chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing, venation, venery, fox chase, sport, sporting, shooting, angling, fishing, hawking, shikar (Geog loc:India), pursuer, hunter, huntsman, shikari (Geog loc:India), sportsman, Nimrod, hound, pursuing, in quest of, in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit, on the scent, in pursuance of, after, Int, tallyho!, yoicks!, soho!.Lawsuit
N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.
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