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prosecution

Prosecution is a 11 letter word which starts with the letter P and ends with the letter N for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
(n.) The act or process of prosecuting or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as the prosecution of a scheme plan design or undertaking; the prosecution of war.
(n.) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity to obtain some right or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party as distinguished from defense.
(n.) The institution or commencement and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government as by indictment or information.
(n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.

Syllable Information

The word prosecution is a 11 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for prosecution is: pros-e-cu-tion


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