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PROSECUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
Synonyms:
prosecution; pursuance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("prosecution" is a kind of...):
continuance; continuation (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)
Derivation:
prosecute (carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
Synonyms:
criminal prosecution; prosecution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("prosecution" is a kind of...):
action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prosecution"):
double jeopardy (the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution)
Holonyms ("prosecution" is a part of...):
trial ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law)
Antonym:
defense (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him)
Derivation:
prosecute (bring a criminal action against (in a trial))
prosecute (conduct a prosecution in a court of law)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("prosecution" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Antonym:
defense (the defendant and his legal advisors collectively)
