prosecution
169
5.7
- noun
- /ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃən/
- Specialized
:
enjuiciamiento
- Often, the first prosecution will be concluded, and the second will thereafter commence.
- criminal prosecution
- investigation and prosecution
- immunity from prosecution
Those political prosecutions are fraught with peril.
- Those political prosecutions are fraught with peril.
- But you, Trump, you want to expand prosecution of those who have worked here illegally.
- End of their altercation, beginning of the murder prosecution.
- You can protest us, but if you cross the line, we'll seek prosecution.
- And we were able to avoid prosecution.
- Why is Congress intervening into a local prosecution?
- So, but to go back to your question, antitrust prosecutions have come and gone with the political winds.
- That is a level of culpability and horror that cries out for prosecution.
- And then he's the one that oversaw the P Diddy grand jury and his prosecution.
- That's a big if, but hopefully this ends the discussion about future prosecutions, or at least future investigations.
- So like when the lynch mob came and lynched someone, there was no prosecution.
- So if if cynics then think like lawyers sort of in the prosecution against humanity, skeptics think more like scientists.
- And I think the thing that's most egregious to me is that, you know, on a serious level, prosecutions for rape are very, very poor.
- And actually, this goes to the heart of a great deal that goes on when we're talking about rape prosecutions, that a judgement is often made of the victim.
- Hamas is basically saying that from now on, we recognize that our rocket attacks are subject to ICC prosecution.
- This means you won't face prosecution if you possess or use a psychedelic brew, but only in these cities.
- The United Kingdom was a leader in this by recognizing coercive control as a real phenomenon and subject to prosecution.
- Because, I mean, you, you're basically the work that you did is responsible for over two dozen prosecutions, Right.
Examples
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The other influential idea concerned the investigation and prosecution of criminal allegations involving top executive officers.
Academic text (1990) -
Failure to comply with the EPA may also result in a prosecution being commenced.
Academic text (1992) -
I believe legal prosecution is in order.
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However, the Attorney General is willing to not pursue prosecution if you will agree to the following.
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For example, rates of apprehension, prosecution, and conviction of criminals are fairly low.
Academic text (1992) -
That's the kind of reward that the prosecution can give a witness who cooperates.
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Meanwhile, some black observers denounced the prosecution of the youths as racist.
Academic text (1993) -
I don't see what the prosecution's so jumpy about.
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Rape victims received follow-up phone calls years after their successful prosecutions of their attackers.
Fiction book (1995) -
The prosecution presented compelling evidence during the trial, which swayed the jury.
Synonyms
20
6.5
A case in which the government takes someone to court to decide if they are guilty of a crime
Antonyms
Compounds
20
6.5
A case in which the government takes someone to court to decide if they are guilty of a crime
How Prosecuted
- Formal
282
4.3
- Specialized
169
5.7
- Formal
933
4.2
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prosecution comes from the Latin parts pro- 'forward' and sequi 'to follow', so it meant 'following through'. That's why prosecution also means the act of following a criminal case in court, bringing charges and trying to prove them.