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Noun: criminal prosecution
  1. (law) the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behaviour
    "The district attorney's office initiated criminal prosecution against the suspected drug dealer";
    - prosecution

Derived forms: criminal prosecutions

Type of: action, action at law, legal action

Antonym: defence [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: trial

Encyclopedia: Criminal prosecution