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Prosecution synonyms
prŏs'ĭ-kyo͝o'shən
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pursuit
An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.
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  1. An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.
  2. The act of striving to gain or accomplish something:
  3. The act of pursuing.
pursuance
A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
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  1. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
  2. A pursuing, or carrying out, as of a project, plan, etc.
  3. A carrying out or putting into effect; prosecution.
undertaking
A guaranty, pledge, or promise:
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  1. A guaranty, pledge, or promise:
  2. The action of beginning a task or venture:
  3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
state
Any of the territorial and political units that together constitute a federal government, as in the U.S.
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  1. Any of the territorial and political units that together constitute a federal government, as in the U.S.
  2. State University, as the shortened form of any public university name.
  3. A specific kind of government:
government
The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.
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  1. The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.
  2. In criminal cases, the prosecution is occasionally referred to as the government.
  3. The political organization by which a state or nation is ruled.
prosecuting attorney
A public official, as a district attorney, who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the State or people
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  1. A public official, as a district attorney, who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the State or people
state's attorney
An attorney who represents a state in criminal and certain civil cases.
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  1. An attorney who represents a state in criminal and certain civil cases.
  2. A lawyer appointed or elected to prepare cases for a U.S. state and represent it in court
district attorney
A prosecutor in the state or municipal court system, often an elected official. A prosecutor in the state or municipal court system, often an elected official.
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  1. A prosecutor in the state or municipal court system, often an elected official. A prosecutor in the state or municipal court system, often an elected official.
  2. In the U.S., a lawyer serving in a specified judicial district as prosecutor for the state or for the federal government in criminal cases
da
A ducktail.
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  1. A ducktail.
  2. (Slang, Russian) A Russian yes; an affirmative response.
  3. (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Father.
discharge
Performance, as of an office or duty.
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  1. Performance, as of an office or duty.
  2. A substance or material that is released, emitted, or excreted, especially from the body.
  3. That which discharges, as a legal order for release, a certificate of dismissal from military service, etc.
execution
The act of carrying out the provisions of such a writ or order
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  1. The act of carrying out the provisions of such a writ or order
  2. The manner, style, or result of performance:
  3. (Law) A writ or order, issued by a court, giving authority to put a judgment into effect
performance
The way in which someone or something functions:
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  1. The way in which someone or something functions:
  2. Operation or functioning, usually with regard to effectiveness, as of a machine
  3. The act or style of performing a work or role before an audience.
Find another word for prosecution. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for prosecution, like: pursuit, pursuance, undertaking, state, government, prosecuting agent, prosecuting attorney, state's attorney, district attorney, da and achievement.

Sentence Examples

  • This prosecution finally discredited the new society.

  • On the death of Domitian and the accession of Nerva he delivered a speech (subsequently published) in prosecution of Publicius Certus, who had been foremost in the attack on Helvidius Priscus (ix.

  • In 1830 the public began to be aroused to a serious prosecution of the main issue.

  • The protection of naturalized citizens who, on return to their native land, were subject to prosecution on charges of disloyalty, enlisted his active interest and support, and the agitation, in which he was conspicuous, led to the treaty of 1870 between the United States and Great Britain, which placed adopted and native citizens on the same footing.

  • A narrative of the circumstances which led to the prosecution of Evanson was published by N.

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