prosecutionnoun
uk/ˌprɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən/us/ˌprɑː.səˈkjuː.ʃən/prosecution noun (LEGAL)
C2 [ C or U ] the act of prosecuting someone:
A number of the cases have resulted in successful prosecution.
Doctors guilty of neglect are liable to prosecution.
the prosecution [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
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- The prosecution has to establish his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
- Her lawyer accused the prosecution of founding its case on insufficient evidence.
- This afternoon the prosecution will call its star witness.
- During the trial, the prosecution was accused of withholding crucial evidence from the defence.
- The key witness for the prosecution was offered police protection after she received death threats.
C2 the lawyers in a court case who represent the side that accuses someone of committing a crime:
His plea of guilty to manslaughter was not accepted by the prosecution.
The prosecution alleged that he lured the officer to his death by making an emergency call.
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- The loophole has allowed hundreds of drink-drivers to avoid prosecution.
- Those kids were lucky, they only narrowly escaped prosecution.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking legal action
- appear
- appear for sb
- bring
- civil action
- class action
- complainant
- court
- double jeopardy
- indict
- indictment
- law
- legal
- make legal history idiom
- petitioner
- plaintiff
- prefer
- proceed
- proceed against sb
- serve
- summons
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Lawyers & legal officials
prosecution noun (ACTIVITIES)
[ U ] formal the act of taking part in a planned set of activities, especially a war
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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