transcription, транскрипция: [ prɒsɪkju:ʃ(ə)n ]
( prosecutions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Prosecution is the action of charging someone with a crime and putting them on trial.
Yesterday the head of government called for the prosecution of those responsible for the deaths.
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2.
The lawyers who try to prove that a person on trial is guilty are called the prosecution .
Colonel Pugh, for the prosecution, said that the offences occurred over a six-year period.
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