transcription, транскрипция: [ prɒsɪkju:t ]
( prosecutes, prosecuting, prosecuted)
1.
If the authorities prosecute someone, they charge them with a crime and put them on trial.
The police have decided not to prosecute because the evidence is not strong enough...
Photographs taken by roadside cameras will soon be enough to prosecute drivers for speeding...
He is being prosecuted for two criminal offences.
VERB : V , V n for n , V n for n , also V n
2.
When a lawyer prosecutes a case, he or she tries to prove that the person who is on trial is guilty.
The attorney who will prosecute the case says he cannot reveal how much money is involved.
...the prosecuting attorney.
VERB : V n , V-ing