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Prosecution Guilty Noun Action Charging Crime Putting Trial

word prosecution
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noun
Prosecution is the action of charging someone with a crime and putting them on trial.
Harding pleaded guilty to a charge of hindering the prosecution of the suspects.
The lawyers who try to prove that a person on trial is guilty are called the prosecution .
In all these cases the prosecution was successful.
inflections prosecutions
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