prosecution

English

Etymology

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Equivalent to prosecute +‎ -ion, From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French prosecution , from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin prōsecutio, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prōsequor (“follow, pursue”), from pro- (“onward”) + sequor (“follow”) (English sequel). Compare persecution, and see more at prosecute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɑ.səˈkju.ʃən/

Noun

prosecution (countable and uncountable, plural prosecutions)

1. The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.

   The prosecution of the war fell to Winston Churchill.

2. (law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
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3. (law) The prosecuting party.
   • 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:

     The prosecution case was that the men forced the sisters to strip, threw their clothes over the bridge, then raped them and participated in forcing them to jump into the river to their deaths. As he walked off the bridge, Clemons was alleged to have said: "We threw them off. Let's go."

Related terms

• persecution
• prosecute
• sequence

Translations

the institution of legal proceedings against a person

• French: parquet (fr) m
• German: Strafverfolgung (de) f, Rechtsverfolgung f, strafrechtliche Verfolgung f, Anklage (de) f, Verfolgung (de) f, Betreibung f
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• Japanese: 起訴 (ja) (きそ, kiso)
• Spanish: procesamiento m

the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings

• French: vindicte (fr) f
• German: Anklagebehörde f, Anklage (de) f, Staatsanwaltschaft (de) f, Anklagevertretung f
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• Japanese: 検察 (ja) (けんさつ, kensatsu)
• Spanish: acusación (es) f, fiscalía f

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