prosecution
The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
Example
“The prosecution of the war fell to Winston Churchill.”
Other meanings
The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
The prosecuting party.
Related words
- antiprosecution
- nonprosecution
- overprosecution
- prosecutional
- criminal prosecution
- malicious prosecution
- deferred prosecution agreement
- prosecution association
- prosecution history
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “prosecution” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.