prosecution

1. 1.

   the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior

   Synonymscriminal prosecution

   Antonymsdefense

   Broaderlegal action

   Narrowerdouble jeopardy

   Part oftrial

   law

2. 2.

   the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

   Antonymsdefense

   Broadercollection
3. 3.

   the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

   Synonymspursuance

   Broadercontinuance

Other forms of prosecution

plural

prosecutions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prosecution

What does prosecution mean?

prosecution means "the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prosecution?

prosecution has 4 syllables: pro-se-cu-tion. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɑsəˈkjuʃən/.

What is another word for prosecution?

Close synonyms include criminal prosecution, pursuance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of prosecution?

The recorded antonyms are defense, defense.

Is prosecution a common word?

prosecution is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with prosecution?

4 words rhyme with prosecution. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.