prosecution

IPA: prɑsʌkjˈuʃʌn

The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
(law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
(law) The prosecuting party.
(law) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.

Examples of "prosecution" in Sentences

He was a counsel for the prosecution.
The judge sided with the prosecution.
The prosecution appealed the verdict.
They have the prosecution and the defense.
Termination of the prosecution is a welcome development.
In criminal prosecutions, the adverse party is the defendant.
The prosecution was elected to prosecute any of the remaining defendants.
There never was any prosecution, pre trial investigation, or interrogatory.
Their actions are proof enough of that, and their prosecution is a good thing.
If this kind of prosecution is upheld it could lead to a witchhunting due to personal conflicts within military personnel.
You just wrote that you can tell a prosecution is a partisan witch hunt by the political party of the people who pursue it.
Bailey, a member of the ad hoc "PhonyBusters" team, said one of the problems in prosecution is that there are so many swindles.
The defendant has quite a lot to lose in the case while the only thing at stake for the prosecution is the reputation of the prosecutor.
Sounds like Bart's idea of "prosecution" is not to find a crime and then try to find out who did it, but rather to find someone he doesn't like and try and find a "crime" to pin on them ....
The controversy over the policing and prosecution of assisted dying intensified tonight when another septuagenarian invited arrest and criminal prosecution by admitting that he helped his wife kill herself with an overdose of antidepressants.