1 ~ sb (for sth / doing sth) to officially charge sb with a crime in a court of law:
[VN] The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. * Trespassers will be prosecuted (= a notice telling people to keep out of a particular area). * [V] The police decided not to prosecute.
2 to be a lawyer in a court of law for a person or an organization that is charging sb with a crime:
[V] the prosecuting counsel / lawyer / attorney * James Spencer, prosecuting, claimed that the witness was lying. [also VN]
3 [VN] (formal) to continue taking part in or doing sth:
They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war.
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