English Dictionary

prosecute

/ˈpɹɒsɪkjuːt/

verb

(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.

The government will prosecute anyone who breaks the law.

意味（1）

(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.

to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot

意味（2）

(transitive, law) To charge, try.

The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]

意味（3）

To seek to obtain by legal process.

to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law

意味（4）

(transitive) To pursue something to the end.

to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim