The prosecution condemned the defendant for kidnapping a child.
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Prosecution
//ˌpɹɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən//
Synonyms for "prosecution" (75 found)
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44 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُقَاضَاة noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- مُلَاحَقَة قَضَائِيَّة noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
Armenian
1 entries- դատախազություն noun (Prosecutor's Office)
Belarusian
2 entries- абвінава́чванне noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- пракурату́ра noun (Prosecutor's Office)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обвинение noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- прокуратура noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- прокуратура noun (Prosecutor's Office)
Catalan
1 entries- persecució noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 控方 noun (Prosecutor's Office)
- 檢方 /检方 noun (Prosecutor's Office)
Czech
3 entries- obžaloba noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- prokuratura noun (Prosecutor's Office)
- žalobce noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
Finnish
1 entries- syyte noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
French
2 entries- parquet noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- vindicte noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
German
4 entries- Strafverfolgung f strafrechtliche Verfolgung noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- Strafverfolgungsbehörde noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- Verfolgung noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- verfolgende Behörde noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
Hindi
3 entries- अभियुक्त noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- अभियोक्ता noun (Prosecutor's Office)
- महाभियोग noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
Italian
2 entries- azione penale noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- prosecuzione noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
Japanese
2 entries- 検察 noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- 起訴 noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prokuratūra noun (Prosecutor's Office)
Polish
3 entries- prokuratura noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- prokuratura noun (Prosecutor's Office)
- strona oskarżająca noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
Russian
4 entries- обвине́ние noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- обвине́ние noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- прокурату́ра noun (Prosecutor's Office)
- сторона́ обвине́ния noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
Spanish
3 entries- acusación noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- fiscalía noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- procesamiento noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
Swedish
2 entries- åklagarsidan noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- åtal noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
Ukrainian
3 entries- обвинува́чення noun (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings)
- переслі́дування noun (the institution of legal proceedings against a person)
- прокурату́ра noun (Prosecutor's Office)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
A loophole in the law allowed him to escape prosecution.
Source: tatoeba (321051)
Criminal law, also known as penal law, involves prosecution for an act that has been classified as a crime.
Source: tatoeba (624495)
The prosecution rests, your honor.
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