Prosecute
verb (used with object), prosecuted, prosecuting.
1.
Law.
to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process.
to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
2.
to follow up or carry forward something undertaken or begun, usually to its completion:
to prosecute a war.
3.
to carry on or practice.
verb (used without object), prosecuted, prosecuting.
4.
Law.
to institute and carry on a legal prosecution.
to act as prosecutor.
verb
1.
(transitive) to bring a criminal action against (a person) for some offence
2.
(intransitive)
to seek redress by legal proceedings
to institute or conduct a prosecution
3.
(transitive) to engage in or practise (a profession or trade)
4.
(transitive) to continue to do (a task, etc)
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