Prosecution | Mean of prosecution in English Dictionary

/ˌprɑːsɪˈkjuːʃən/

• Noun
• the act or process of holding a trial against a person who is accused of a crime to see if that person is guilty
1. There has been an increase in prosecutions for gun-related crimes.
2. The defendant is awaiting prosecution.
• the side of a legal case which argues that a person who is accused of a crime is guilty
1. The prosecution called their first witness.
2. The prosecution rests, Your Honor.
3. The defense told the jury that the prosecution had not proved its case.
4. prosecution attorneys/lawyers
• the act of doing or continuing to do something
1. the prosecution of the war