verb
prosecute
PRAH-sih-kyoot/ˈprɑːsɪkjuːt/
To actively carry an undertaking forward.
The lawyer prosecutes the case by presenting its evidence before the judge.
Etymology
“Forward” and “follow” express pursuing or following up a course of action. The legal meaning specializes that pursuit: carrying a matter forward through legal proceedings against someone.
In context
justice and the kind of things that happens in courts. And rhetoric, you know is training lawyers to be able to get clients off or prosecute them with indifference to what the actual truth is.
More examples
- The government commits more resources to prosecuting the war.
- Despite repeated setbacks, they prosecute their campaign for reform.
- The researchers prosecuted their search for a cure with renewed energy.
Forms
prosecute · prosecutes · prosecuted · prosecuting