Antonym: defense. Similar words: prosecutor, execution, consecutive, executive, section, speculation, pollution, evolution. Meaning: ['prɑsɪ'kjuːʃn /'prɒ-] 
n. 1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior 2. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant 3. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
n. 1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior 2. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant 3. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion. 
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61. He has spent the past three months in Florida, ostensibly for medical treatment, but in actual fact to avoid prosecution for a series of notorious armed robberies.
62. He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.
63. The Government is being accused of double standards in the way it is so tough on law and order yet allows its own MPs to escape prosecution for fraud.
64. The loophole has allowed hundreds of drink-drivers to avoid prosecution.
65. Unions were granted immunity from prosecution for non - violent acts.
66. The district attorney said if McVeigh is given the death penalty and his conviction is upheld on appeal, the state prosecution would become moot.
67. The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions.
68. A famous lawyer has been asked to appear for the prosecution.
69. The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
70. He was granted immunity from prosecution because he confessed the names of the other spies.
71. The evidence is not sufficient to bring a prosecution against him.
72. The newspaper claimed public interest immunity when threatened with prosecution for publishing the story .
73. Members of the Bundestag are immune from prosecution for corruption.
74. It is estimated that 60,000 shops open every Sunday and trade by exploiting some loophole in the law to avoid prosecution.
75. The trial collapsed after a key prosecution witness admitted lying.
76. The prosecution tried to cast doubt on her character as a witness.
77. The prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of the crime.
78. Colonel Pugh, for the prosecution, said that the offences occurred over a six-year period.
79. The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.
80. Nobody was prepared to risk prosecution by actually naming names.
81. These scholars went abroad for the prosecution of their studies.
82. The prosecution in this case has no solid evidence .
83. She is basing the prosecution case on the evidence of two witnesses.
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84. Failure to produce proof of identity could result in prosecution.
85. The prosecution alleged that he lured the officer to his death by making an emergency call.
86. The prosecution has / have failed to prove its / their case.
87. A number of the cases have resulted in successful prosecution.
88. The prosecution alleged that the man had been responsible for an act of terrorism.
89. The Supreme Court lifted the company's immunity from criminal prosecution.
90. Her lawyer accused the prosecution of founding its case on insufficient evidence.
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