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prosecutions

[pros-i-kyoo-shuhn]

pros·e·cu·tion

[pros-i-kyoo-shuhn]
noun
1.
Law.
a.
the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person.
b.
the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
2.
the following up of something undertaken or begun, usually to its completion.

Origin:
1555–65; < Late Latin prōsecūtiōn- (stem of prōsecūtiō) a following up. See prosecute, -ion

non·pros·e·cu·tion, noun
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