Prosecution
nounid
105073·updated May 18, 2026verified
the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
polysemous
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unclassified
Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- criminal prosecutionpursuance
- plural
- Prosecutions
- possessive
- Prosecution's
- pluralpossessive
- Prosecutions'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
- §2
- the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
- §3
- the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
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