prosecute
(Law)
[verb]
Synonyms: put on trial, arraign, bring to trial, indict, litigate, sue, take to court, try

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pros‧e‧cute /ˈprɒsɪkjuːt $ ˈprɑː-/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of prosequi 'to follow and try to catch']

1. [intransitive and transitive] to charge someone with a crime and try to show that they are guilty of it in a court of law:
Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
prosecute somebody for (doing) something
Buxton is being prosecuted for assault.
prosecute somebody under a law/Act etc
The company is to be prosecuted under the Health and Safety Act.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if a lawyer prosecutes a case, he or she tries to prove that the person charged with a crime is guilty ⇒ defend:
Mrs Lynn Smith, prosecuting, said the offence took place on January 27.

3. [transitive] formal to continue doing something:
We cannot prosecute the investigation further.

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