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pros⋅e⋅cu⋅tion

  [pros-i-kyoo-shuhn]
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–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; < LL prōsecūtiōn- (s. of prōsecūtiō) a following up. See prosecute, -ion
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pros·e·cu·tion   (prŏs'ĭ-kyōō'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of prosecuting.
  2. The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding.
  3. See prosecuting attorney.
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