1. The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behaviour
   - criminal prosecution 
2. The lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant 
3. The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
   - pursuance

Derived forms: prosecutions

See also: prosecute

Type of: accumulation, action, action at law, aggregation, assemblage, collection, continuance, continuation, legal action

Antonym: defense [US]

Part of: trial

Encyclopedia: Prosecution

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