What is another word for prosecution?
287 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹˌɒsɪkjˈuːʃən], [ pɹˌɒsɪkjˈuːʃən], [ p_ɹ_ˌɒ_s_ɪ_k_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]
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Similar words for prosecution:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- accusation (noun)
- action (noun)
- arraignment (noun)
- enforcement (noun)
- execution (noun)
- furtherance (noun)
- hunt (noun)
- indictment (noun)
- lawsuit (noun)
- litigation (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- trial (noun)
- other synonyms
- litigator
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Prosecution:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)- law.
n.
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- achievement,
- impeach,
- implicate,
- undertaking,
- performance,
- prefer charges (against someone),
- allege,
- bring someone up on charges of something,
- bring before,
- prosecute,
- accuse,
- indict.
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•
- government,
- lawyer,
- conduct,
- accuser,
- state.
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•
- attorney,
- barrister,
- chief justice,
- DO,
- discharge,
- the bar,
- bailiff,
- the bench,
- circuit judge,
- Attorney General,
- advocate,
- clerk.
- cause,
- suit,
- claim,
- prosecution,
- case,
- proceeding.
- duress,
- reinforcement,
- coercion,
- obligation,
- lash,
- application,
- martial law,
- Enforcing,
- Fulfilling,
- constraint,
- prescription,
- compulsion,
- carrying out,
- administration,
- imposition,
- pressure,
- whip,
- exaction,
- insistence,
- spur.
- effect,
- delivery,
- enactment,
- consummation,
- completion,
- style,
- rendering,
- implementation,
- realization,
- Doing,
- operation.
- inquisition,
- seeking,
- race,
- raid,
- tracing,
- meddling,
- interrogation,
- scrutiny,
- quest,
- rummage,
- sporting,
- trailing,
- probe,
- inquest,
- hunting,
- study,
- game,
- research,
- frisking,
- inquiry,
- Hounding,
- prying,
- reconnaissance,
- following,
- coursing,
- snooping,
- investigation.
- blame,
- censure,
- writ,
- bill,
- detention,
- findings,
- allegation,
- incrimination,
- statement,
- warrant.
- contest,
- argument,
- complaint,
- subpoena,
- accusation,
- dispute,
- Assumpsit,
- count,
- implication,
- proceedings,
- Replevin,
- hearing,
- affidavit,
- grievance.
- hunt,
- look-see,
- counter-claim,
- sifting,
- counterclaims,
- court action,
- action,
- steeplechases,
- field sport,
- impulsions,
- tracings,
- presentment,
- carrying-out,
- enforcement,
- look see,
- cross-examination,
- lawsuit,
- exploration,
- steeplechase,
- siftings,
- impulsion,
- counterclaim,
- furtherance,
- field sports,
- compulsory law,
- impeachments,
- nuts and bolts,
- court martial,
- presentments,
- Re-search,
- pursuing,
- necessitation,
- pursuance,
- habeas corpus,
- impeachment,
- seekings,
- execution,
- litigation,
- bill of indictment.
Other synonyms:
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- justice.
- dispense,
- searching,
- give,
- persecution,
- taxing,
- plaint,
- hue and cry,
- legal proceedings,
- legal remedy,
- tracking down,
- adventure,
- veiled accusation,
- legal case,
- accusing,
- open market operations,
- follow-up,
- inform against,
- prosecutor,
- chase,
- fulfill,
- fulfilment,
- accomplish,
- unspoken accusation,
- enforce,
- innuendo,
- hobby,
- judicial process,
- prosecuting agent,
- legal action,
- continuance,
- administer,
- reach,
- state's attorney,
- dogging,
- still hunt,
- effectuate,
- fulfillment,
- manage,
- district attorney,
- cause in court,
- accumulation,
- essay,
- realize,
- follow,
- carry out,
- bill of particulars,
- despatch,
- behave,
- true bill,
- engage in,
- pursue,
- accusal,
- appear,
- shadowing,
- sue,
- transact,
- scramble,
- continuation,
- prosecutions,
- stalking,
- acquit,
- search,
- distribute,
- perpetration,
- invoke,
- pursuit,
- legal process,
- criminal prosecution,
- inform on,
- da,
- carry on,
- observance,
- perform,
- fulfil,
- imputation,
- allegement,
- enact,
- dispatch,
- catch,
- commitment,
- execute,
- resumption,
- practise,
- achieve,
- insinuation,
- operate,
- Delation,
- entreat,
- enterprise,
- denouncement,
- prosecuting attorney,
- tracking,
- information,
- carry into execution,
- accomplishment,
- business,
- compel,
- reproach.
How to use "Prosecution" in context?
The prosecution represents the government in a criminal trial. The prosecutor is responsible for presenting the law to the court and convincing the court that the defendant is guilty of the crime he or she is charged with. The prosecutor also tries to get the defendant to admit to the crime or provide information that could help prove the defendant's guilt.
Paraphrases for Prosecution:
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
processing.
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Noun, singular or mass
accused, harassment, jurisdiction, offence, oppression, processing, responsibility, co-prosecutor.
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Verb, past participle
sustained, Brought, Prosecuted.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
allegation, attorney, charge, continuation, indictment, litigation, procedure, proceedings, procurator, prosecute, prosecutor, pursuit, trial, Attorneys, Procuracy, Prosecuting, Charges, indictments, procedures, pursuits, trials, processions, convictions, prosecutorial, procurators, prosecutors, procuratorate.
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Noun, singular or mass
accusation, allegation, arraignment, assertion, attorney, charge, complainant, complaint, condemnation, continuance, continuation, conviction, criminalisation, criminalization, impeachment, imputation, incrimination, indemnification, indictment, instruction, liability, litigation, perpetuation, prescription, procedure, procurator, prosecute, prosecutor, pursuit, sanction, sentence, trial, victimisation, victimization, Procuracy, procuratorate.
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Verb, base form
processing, prosecute.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Prosecution:
n.
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group
aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection.
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group
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