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PROSECUTION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Meaning of prosecution in English prosecution noun us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌprɑː.səˈkjuː.ʃ ə n / uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌprɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃ ə n / prosecution noun ( LEGAL ) Add to word list Add to word list C2 [ C or U ] the act of prosecuting someone: A number of the cases have resulted in successful prosecution. Doctors guilty of neglect are liable to prosecution. the prosecution [ S , + sing/pl verb ] C2 the lawyers in a court case who represent the side that accuses someone of committing a crime : His plea of guilty to manslaughter was not accepted by the prosecution. The prosecution alleged that he lured the officer to his death by making an emergency call . The prosecution has to establish his guilt beyond reasonable doubt . Her lawyer accused the prosecution of founding its case on insufficient evidence . This afternoon the prosecution will call its star witness . During the trial , the prosecution was accused of withholding crucial evidence from the defense . The key witness for the prosecution was offered police protection after she received death threats . The loophole has allowed hundreds of drink-drivers to avoid prosecution. Those kids were lucky , they only narrowly escaped prosecution. Taking legal action abatement order ambulance chasing appear for someone phrasal verb bring bring an action complainant enter indemnification indict indict someone for something/doing something indictable indictable offense indictment lawfare petitioner proceedings promisee promisor prosecute prosecutorial See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Lawyers & legal officials prosecution noun ( ACTIVITIES ) [ U ] formal the act of taking part in a planned set of activities , especially a war Continue & last all day bash bash on phrasal verb bubble away carry (something) on phrasal verb cease echo gold-plated holdover hour immortality immortally in the making idiom progress prolong prolongation prosecute protract soldier stretch See more results » (Definition of prosecution from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) prosecution | Intermediate English prosecution noun [ C/U ] us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌprɑs·ɪˈkju·ʃən / Add to word list Add to word list the act of officially accusing someone of committing an illegal act , esp . by bringing a case against that person in a court of law : [ U ] She was granted full immunity from prosecution by the state in return for her testimony . law The prosecution refers to the lawyers in a trial who try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime . (Definition of prosecution from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) prosecution | Business English prosecution noun LAW uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃ ə n / us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio Add to word list Add to word list [ C or U ] the process of officially accusing someone in a court of law of committing a crime : face prosecution (for sth) The company faces prosecution for breaches of safety regulations . bring a prosecution against sb They decided to bring a private prosecution against the boy's alleged killers . [ S ] ( also the prosecution ) the lawyers who try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty : The prosecution claims that the company tried to mislead investigators by lying under oath . Compare defence (Definition of prosecution from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of prosecution prosecution The contents of the recording have not yet been revealed by the prosecution . From Los Angeles Times For example, those who record videos have been opened up to prosecution . From TechCrunch All is not lost if there's no criminal prosecutions. From NPR The trial will continue tomorrow with the first prosecution witnesses taking the stand. From OregonLive.com There were fewer than 300 such prosecutions at the federal level in 2011 and 2012, according to the report. From Bloomberg And yet we haven't really seen those prosecutions. From NPR At certain points, as the prosecution read the charges, she seemed to be shaking. From Washington Post During a two-day trial that ended today, the defense and the prosecution presented drastically different versions of what happened. From OregonLive.com Have any other of them gone to prosecution ? From NPR It never had any fear of prosecution or punishment. From Huffington Post Both sides fear their allies could face prosecution and say the decision could lead to social conflicts. From Voice of America When they return, they will continue listening to the defense summation and will then hear the prosecution summation. From NJ.com Conservative estimates, the prosecution said, puts the value of the market at between $40 billion to $50 billion dollars per year. From CNN The prosecution did their best to tear these arguments apart. From Wired Science used in past prosecutions has also come under fire. From NPR These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations with prosecution prosecution These are words often used in combination with prosecution . Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. criminal prosecution The dancing girls, however, have contrived to carry out their object without rendering themselves amenable to criminal prosecution . From the Cambridge English Corpus fear of prosecution Free from fear of prosecution , former military officers were active in business and held elected office. From the Cambridge English Corpus malicious prosecution The third consequence that we must consider touches on cases such as false imprisonment and malicious prosecution which are tried by jury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with prosecution What is the pronunciation of prosecution ? Translations of prosecution in Chinese (Traditional) 法律, （被）起訴, （被）檢舉… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 法律, （被）起诉, （被）检举… See more in Spanish proceso, enjuiciamiento, acusación [feminine… See more in Portuguese processo criminal, processo [masculine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian खटला, एखाद्यावर खटला चालवण्याची कृती… See more 起訴, 訴訟, 告訴（こくそ）… See more kovuşturma, dava, davacı… See more poursuite [feminine] en justice, poursuites judiciaires, plaignant(s)… See more processament, enjudiciament… See more gerechtelijke vervolging, eisende partij… See more ஒருவர் மீது வழக்குத் தொடுக்கும் செயல்… See more अभियोग प्रक्रिया… See more ખટલો, મુકદ્દમો, કાનૂની કાર્યવાહી… See more sagsanlæg, anklager, anklagemyndighed… See more åtal, åklagar-, kärandesidan… See more membuat dakwaan, pihak pendakwa… See more strafrechtliche Verfolgung, die Staatsanwaltschaft… See more søksmål [masculine], straffeforfølgelse [masculine], tiltale [masculine]… See more استغاثہ, قانونی کارروائی… See more судове переслідування, обвинувачення… See more ఎవరినైనా విచారించే చర్య… See more বিচার… See more obžaloba, žalobce… See more tuntutan, penuntut… See more การดำเนินคดีตามกฎหมาย, โจทก์… See more sự truy tố, bên nguyên… See more oskarżenie, sprawa sądowa, oskarżyciel… See more 기소… See more processo penale, procedimento giudiziario, processo… See more Need a translator? 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