Prosecution

Noun

 * 1) The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
 * The prosecution of the war fell to Winston Churchill.
 * 1)  The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
 * 2)  The prosecuting party.

Adjectives for Prosecution
vigorous; persistent; inevitable; victorious; unceasing.

Verbs for Prosecution
avert—; avoid—; demand—; endure—; escape—; evade—; file—; lodge—; order —; prefer—; risk—; suffer—; —brands; —implicates; —saddles; —slanders; —slurs; —stigmatizes; —weighs against.

Thesaurus
accusal, accusation, accusing, action, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges, bringing to book, carrying out, case, cause, cause in court, charge, chase, complaint, completion, count, delation, denouncement, denunciation, discharge, dogging, effectuation, enforcement, execution, follow, follow-up, following, fulfillment, hue and cry, hunting, impeachment, implication, imputation, indictment, information, innuendo, insinuation, judicial process, lawsuit, laying of charges, legal action, legal case, legal proceedings, legal process, legal remedy, litigation, observance, plaint, proceedings, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, reproach, searching, seeking, shadowing, stalking, suit, suit at law, taxing, tracking, tracking down, trailing, transaction, true bill, unspoken accusation, veiled accusation

Etymology
From prosecutio: <  prosequor: < pro-: + sequor: (English sequel:). Compare persecution:, and see more at prosecute:.

Related terms

 * persecution
 * prosecute
 * sequence

Anagrams

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