prosecute
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]- prosequte , prosequute (obsolete )
Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from Latin prōsecūtus , perfect participle of prōsequor . Doublet of pursue , from Old French. Compare also persecute .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]prosecute (third-person singular simple present prosecutes , present participle prosecuting , simple past and past participle prosecuted )
- (transitive , law ) To start criminal proceedings against.
- to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
- 1671, John Milton, "Samson Agonistes, [...].", in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes , London: [...] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey [...], →OCLC, page 56, line 898:
- To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes
- (transitive , law ) To charge, try.
- 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch , New York: Grove Press, page 8:
- 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 [...]
- To seek to obtain by legal process.
- to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
- (transitive ) To pursue something to the end.
- to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, "A Midsommer Nights Dreame", in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: [...] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?
- 2022 October 22, "Ministry of Home Affairs' Response to Sir Richard Branson's Blog Post on 10 October 2022", in Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) [1] , archived from the original on 24 September 2024:
- Nor do we believe that a country that prosecuted two wars in China in the 19th century to force the Chinese to accept opium imports has any moral right to lecture Asians on drugs.
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]- Chinese:
- Finnish: nostaa syyte
- French: poursuivre en justice
- German: strafrechtlich verfolgen (law), gerichtlich (de) belangen (law), belangen (de)
- Japanese: 起訴する (きそ-する, kiso-suru)
- Māori: hāmene
- Norman: poursuivre
- Russian: пресле́довать (ru) impf (preslédovatʹ)
- Spanish: procesar (es) , enjuiciar (es) , encausar (es)
- Swedish: beivra (sv) , åklaga (sv) , åtala (sv) , tilltala (sv)
- Turkish: kovuşturma açmak (tr)
- Welsh: erlyn (cy)
To charge, try
To pursue something to the end
- Bulgarian: гоня (bg) (gonja), преследвам (bg) (presledvam)
- Catalan: perseguir (ca)
- Finnish: jatkaa loppuun , tehdä loppuun , suorittaa loppuun
- German: betreiben (de) , verfolgen (de)
- Māori: makawe (mi)
- Persian: دنبال کردن (fa) (donbâl kardan)
- Spanish: proseguir (es) , llevar a cabo (es) , llevar adelante , llevar a término
Anagrams
[edit ]Latin
[edit ]Participle
[edit ]prōsecūte
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=prosecute&oldid=91983428"
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekw- (follow)
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Law
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin participle forms