Definition of prosecute

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Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..

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Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially..
Appellate :: Appellate (n.) A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.
Fiscal :: Fiscal (n.) A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.
Non-pros :: Non-pros (v. t.) To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed..
Pursue :: Pursue (v. t.) To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. i.) To follow after.
Appellor :: Appellor (n.) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime..
Labor :: Labor (v. t.) To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument..
Prosecutor :: Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business..
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
Pursuable :: Pursuable (a.) Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted..
Prosecutable :: Prosecutable (a.) Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim..
Professional :: Professional (n.) A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker..
Rage :: Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage..
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