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