Prosecute
['prɒsɪkjuːt] or ['prɑsɪ'kjʊt]
Definition
(verb.) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; 'She pursued many activities'; 'They engaged in a discussion'.
(verb.) bring a criminal action against (in a trial); 'The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson'.
(verb.) conduct a prosecution in a court of law.
Inputed by Anna--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.
(v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
(v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.
(v. i.) To follow after.
(v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
Typed by Alice
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Pursue, continue, follow out, carry out, carry on, persevere in.[2]. Arraign, take the law of, bring before a court.
Inputed by Kurt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Follow, pursue, investigate, conduct, summon, arraign, persevere, carry_on,persist, sue
ANT:Drop, discontinue, abandon, misconduct, misinvestigate, missoperate, exonerate,acquit
Editor: Vlad
Definition
v.t. to follow onwards or pursue in order to reach or accomplish: to continue: to pursue by law: to bring before a court.—v.i. to carry on a legal prosecution.—ns. Prosecū′tion the act of prosecuting or pursuing esp. a civil or criminal suit: the party by which legal proceedings are instituted; Pros′ecūtor one who prosecutes or pursues any plan or business: one who carries on a civil or criminal suit:—fem. Pros′ecūtrix.—Public prosecutor a person whose duty it is to conduct prosecutions in the public interest.
Checker: Melva
Examples
- And if any person compounds with the hundred for less than this penalty, he is to be imprisoned for five years; and any other person may prosecute. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It promised that it would stop this evil practice, drive out corruption here, and prosecute this-and-that offense. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Its only method was to forbid, to prosecute, to jail--in short, to use the taboo. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Do you mean that my lady won't prosecute? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Free, I could prosecute the search for Dejah Thoris. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Will you prosecute him? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Its business is to prosecute vice and to help enforce the law. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In 1826 these two gentlemen became acquainted, and conjointly prosecuted the investigations which led to the beautiful result of the Daguerreotype. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But have you never been prosecuted for begging? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The war against the vestiges of the Kin empire was prosecuted until Kin was altogether subdued (1234). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They ought to be prosecuted and fined, them Mails. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Between eighty and ninety separate suits upon Edison's fundamental lamp and detail patents were brought in the courts of the United States and prosecuted to completion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It prosecuted the King's chief ministers who had helped him to reign for so long without Parliament, and in particular the Earl of Strafford. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mine are working out their week, through fear of being prosecuted for breach of contract. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He feels timid at the thoughts of prosecuting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We stay in town, of course,' said Mrs. Maylie, 'while there remains the slightest prospect of prosecuting this inquiry with a chance of success. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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