prosecution
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
                
                    Noun
                    
                the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
                
                    Noun
                    
            the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
                More General Terms
                    accumulation
                    action
                    action at law
                    aggregation
                    assemblage
                    collection
                    continuance
                    continuation
                    legal action