prosecution

[US]/ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃn/
[UK]/ˌprɑːsɪˈkjuːʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. bringing a legal action against someone, usually as the plaintiff in a lawsuit.

Phrases & Collocations

criminal prosecution

Example Sentences

prosecution at the instance of the police.

The prosecution is / are coming into court.

The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.

it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt.

the BBC's prosecution of its commercial ends.

they sketched out the prosecution case.

These scholars went abroad for the prosecution of their studies.

The burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone.

In a word, the arising of civil public prosecution doesn’t mean the end of current civil counterplea of prosecution in China.

The finance director is subpoenaed by prosecution.

the organizers are facing prosecution for noise nuisance.

The big guns for the prosecution were its expert witnesses.

destroyed the testimony of the prosecution's chief witness.

He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.

The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.

Unions were granted immunity from prosecution for non-violent acts.

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