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prosecution 音標拼音: [pr ,ɑsəkj'uʃən] n. 實行,經營,起訴 實行,經營,起訴 prosecution n 1: the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior [ synonym: { prosecution}, { criminal prosecution}] [ ant: { defence}, { defense}, { demurrer}, { denial}] 2: the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant [ ant: { defence}, { defense}, { defense lawyers}, { defense team}] 3: the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion [ synonym: { pursuance}, { prosecution}] Prosecution \ Pros` e* cu" tion\, n. [ L. prosecutio a following.] 1. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war. [ 1913 Webster] Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Law) ( a) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense. ( b) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information. ( c) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted. -- Blackstone. Burrill. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster] 72 Moby Thesaurus words for " prosecution": accusal, accusation, accusing, action, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges, bringing to book, carrying out, case, cause, cause in court, charge, chase, complaint, completion, count, delation, denouncement, denunciation, discharge, dogging, effectuation, enforcement, execution, follow, follow- up, following, fulfillment, hue and cry, hunting, impeachment, implication, imputation, indictment, information, innuendo, insinuation, judicial process, lawsuit, laying of charges, legal action, legal case, legal proceedings, legal process, legal remedy, litigation, observance, plaint, proceedings, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, reproach, searching, seeking, shadowing, stalking, suit, suit at law, taxing, tracking, tracking down, trailing, transaction, true bill, unspoken accusation, veiled accusation
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