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Prosecution   /prˌɑsəkjˈuʃən/   Listen
Prosecution

noun
1.
The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior.  Synonym: 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.  Synonym: pursuance.



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"Prosecution" Quotes from Famous Books



... on this piece of evidence. It seemed to establish for the prosecution (and they did, in fact, base this deduction on it) that half, or a part of, the three thousand that had come into Mitya's hands might really have been left somewhere hidden in the town, or even, perhaps, somewhere here, in Mokroe. This would ...
— The Brothers Karamazov • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... was repossessed by the Greeks. This effusion of Christian blood was loudly condemned by the patriarch; and the insolent priest presumed to interpose his fears and scruples between the arms of princes. But in the prosecution of these western conquests, the countries beyond the Hellespont were left naked to the Turks; and their depredations verified the prophecy of a dying senator, that the recovery of Constantinople would ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 • Edward Gibbon
... Martin Hawk for the information in case you prefer not to accept the word of a gentleman. If you were to come to me as a client seeking counsel, I should not hesitate to advise you,—as your lawyer,—that there is a law against harbouring criminals and that you are laying yourself open to prosecution." ...
— Viola Gwyn • George Barr McCutcheon
... Cape Horn, especially in the period from September to the end of March. His reasons for this opinion, and the concurrent and contrary sentiments of other navigators, have been either already stated, or will require to be so hereafter, and need not now interrupt our prosecution of ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr
... Constitution calls for the federal judicial power to be comprised of the Higher Juridical Council, Federal Supreme Court, Federal Court of Cassation, Public Prosecution Department, Judiciary Oversight Commission and other federal courts that are regulated in accordance ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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