prosecute

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōsecūtus, perfect participle of prōsequor. Doublet of pursue, from Old French. Compare also persecute.

Verb

prosecute (third-person singular simple present prosecutes, present participle prosecuting, simple past and past participle prosecuted)

(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
  To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes.
(transitive, law) To charge, try.
- 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, page 9
  The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]
To seek to obtain by legal process.
to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
(transitive) To pursue something to the end.
to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
  I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?

Derived terms

prosecutable

Related terms

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Translations

To start civil or criminal proceedings against

Chinese:
Mandarin: 起訴 (zh) (qǐsù), 起诉 (zh)
Finnish: nostaa syyte
French: poursuivre en justice
German: strafrechtlich verfolgen (law), gerichtlich (de) belangen (law), belangen (de)

Japanese: 起訴する (きそ-する, kiso-suru)
Maori: hāmene
Norman: poursuivre
Russian: пресле́довать (ru) impf (preslédovatʹ)
Spanish: procesar (es)
Welsh: erlyn (cy)

To charge, try

Finnish: syyttää (fi)
German: anklagen (de), bestrafen (de), vor Gericht stellen

Scottish Gaelic: tagair

To pursue something to the end

Catalan: perseguir (ca)
German: betreiben (de), verfolgen (de)

Maori: makawe

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Anagrams

creeps out, outcreeps

Latin

Participle

prōsecūte

vocative masculine singular of prōsecūtus

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