prosecutes
Takes to court
Prosecutes is the act of bringing legal action against someone, typically by the state pursuing criminal charges: The district attorney prosecutes cases involving violent crime.
More broadly, to prosecute is to carry something through to completion: She prosecutes her research with singular focus.
The legal sense dominates modern usage.
Judicial examination of claims
- juryLegal decision-making body
- verdictOfficial court decision
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
cross-examination · plaintiff · defendant · evidence · subpoena · bench · gavel · bailiff
Cost or accusation
- indictFormally charge with crime
- allegeAssert without substantiation
- incriminateShow involvement in wrongdoing
- implicateSuggest involvement in wrongdoing
denounce · arraign · accuse · complaint · information · presentment
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- litigationLegal dispute process
- sueBring legal action
felony · misdemeanor · conviction · plea · sentence · filing · criminal · civil
Licensed legal representative
Follow to catch
- follow-throughCompleting what you began
- persistContinue firmly onward
- continueGo on without stopping
- carry-outFood prepared for elsewhere
see-through · advance · press · doggedly · relentlessly · vigorously · zealously · aggressively
trial
Judicial examination of claims
witness · cross-examination · plaintiff · defendant · evidence · subpoena · bench · gavel · bailiff · deliberation
charge
Cost or accusation
- indictFormally charge with crime
- allegeAssert without substantiation
- incriminateShow involvement in wrongdoing
implicate · denounce · arraign · accuse · complaint · information · presentment
indictment
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- litigationLegal dispute process
sue · felony · misdemeanor · conviction · plea · sentence · filing · criminal · civil · statutory
attorney
Licensed legal representative
pursue
Follow to catch
- follow-throughCompleting what you began
- persistContinue firmly onward
- continueGo on without stopping
carry-out · see-through · advance · press · doggedly · relentlessly · vigorously · zealously · aggressively
- public prosecutorOfficial who brings charges
- special prosecutorAttorney for high-profile investigations
- federal prosecutorGovernment lawyer handling crimes
- criminal prosecutionGovernment's legal action against accused
- prosecutor's officeCriminal case filing authority
- lead prosecutorAttorney directing the prosecution
prosecutor, prosecute, prosecution, prosecuted, prosecutable, prosecuting, prosecutions, unprosecuted