verb
To pursue
follow up, put through, execute, finish; see continue 1.
Involve in a legal action
contest, indict, involve in litigation, bring to justice; see sue.
See prosecute in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To institute or subject to legal proceedings:
To begin and carry through to completion:
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