Prosecutable(a.) Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
Prosecute(v. i.) To follow after.
Prosecute(v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
Prosecute(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.
Prosecute(v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
Prosecute(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.
Prosecuted(imp. & p. p.) of Prosecute
Prosecuting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prosecute
Prosecution(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.
Prosecution(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.
Prosecution(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.
Prosecution(n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
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