Prosecution
[prɒsɪ'kjuːʃ(ə)n] or [,prɑsɪ'kjuʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior.
(noun.) the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant.
Edited by Cary--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.
(n.) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.
(n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
(n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
Edited by Colin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pursuit.[2]. Arraignment, bringing to trial.
Checker: Wilmer
Examples
- He admitted that he had been unfair in the prosecution of the lawsuit, and urged Gutenberg to take his old place in their firm. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But I should not offer the evidence for the prosecution and leave the defense unheard. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But Thornton, having got his own purpose, didn't care to go on wi' the prosecution for the riot. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- With federal, state, and municipal authorities in existence, with courts, district attorneys, police all operating, they create another arm of prosecution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- His Grace, in the meek humility of his heart, has written to menace a prosecution if such trash be published. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He lived and died a poor man; he was perhaps the most honest of demagogues; but this did not save him from an abortive prosecution for peculation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Another lover threatens prosecution! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Jugurtha bought over the Commissioners sent out to watch him, the Senators charged with their prosecution, and the generals in command against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here in Spain the Communists offered the best discipline and the soundest and sanest for the prosecution of the war. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Political action becomes a petty, futile, mean little intrusion when its only method is prosecution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The elections of 1862 had gone against the prosecution of the war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our studies were never forced; and by some means we always had an end placed in view, which excited us to ardour in the prosecution of them. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And our professor of science would also have been in constant danger of a prosecution for impiety. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As is usually the case in the prosecution of such enterprizes, the difficulties decreased on examination. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- An expedition under the leadership of Pericles was unsuccessful, and Cleon seized the opportunity for a prosecution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One day in July he reappeared and delivered a strange speech that clearly foreshadowed fresh prosecutions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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