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Another word for prosecution

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Noun

  1. The act of beginning and carrying through to completion

    See also:

    do

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Another word for prosecution

Noun

  1. The act of furthering a project

    See also:

    performance

    achievement

  2. The prosecuting party in a criminal action

    See also:

    lawyer

    accuser

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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.

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

  • 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.

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