(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against. / (transitive, law) To charge, try. / To seek to obtain by legal process. / (transitive) To pursue something to the end.

simple past tense and past participle of prosecute

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prosecute

The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor. / (law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person. / (law) The prosecuting party.

plural of prosecution

present participle of prosecute

Able to be prosecuted.

(law) Of or pertaining to prosecution.

The quality of being prosecutable.

(very rare) In a prosecutable manner.