(~s)
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 ~ of those responsible for the deaths.
N-VAR: usu N of n
2.
The lawyers who try to prove that a person on trial is guilty are called the ~.
Colonel Pugh, for the ~, said that the offences occurred over a six-year period.
N-SING: the N