Dictionary Entry
prosecute
prosecute is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.
- 2transitive verb
To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
- 3transitive verb
To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.
- 4intransitive verb
To follow after.
- 5intransitive verb
To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
- 6verb
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
"She pursued many activities"
"They engaged in a discussion"
- 7verb
bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
"The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson"
- 8verb
conduct a prosecution in a court of law
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