Prosecution

n. institution of legal proceedings; filing of a legal action; continuation of an action, persistence, act of following through with an activity

The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries adopting the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual suspected of breaking the law in a criminal trial.
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Noun
1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
(synonym) criminal prosecution
(antonym) defense, defence, denial, demurrer
(hypernym) legal action, action, action at law
(hyponym) double jeopardy
(part-holonym) trial
(derivation) prosecute
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
(antonym) defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
3. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
(synonym) pursuance
(hypernym) continuance, continuation
(derivation) prosecute, engage, pursue

(n.)
The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
  

(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 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 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.
  

The institution or conduct of criminal proceedings against a person