Meaning of "prosecute" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROSECUTE

From Latin prōsequī to follow, from prō- forward + sequī to follow.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PROSECUTE

prosecute  [ˈprɒsɪˌkjuːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSECUTE

Prosecute is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb prosecute in English.

WHAT DOES PROSECUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prosecutor

The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law.

Definition of prosecute in the English dictionary

The first definition of prosecute in the dictionary is to bring a criminal action against for some offence. Other definition of prosecute is to seek redress by legal proceedings. Prosecute is also to institute or conduct a prosecution.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PROSECUTE

PRESENT

Present

I prosecute

you prosecute

he/she/it prosecutes

we prosecute

you prosecute

they prosecute

Present continuous

I am prosecuting

you are prosecuting

he/she/it is prosecuting

we are prosecuting

you are prosecuting

they are prosecuting

Present perfect

I have prosecuted

you have prosecuted

he/she/it has prosecuted

we have prosecuted

you have prosecuted

they have prosecuted

Present perfect continuous

I have been prosecuting

you have been prosecuting

he/she/it has been prosecuting

we have been prosecuting

you have been prosecuting

they have been prosecuting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I prosecuted

you prosecuted

he/she/it prosecuted

we prosecuted

you prosecuted

they prosecuted

Past continuous

I was prosecuting

you were prosecuting

he/she/it was prosecuting

we were prosecuting

you were prosecuting

they were prosecuting

Past perfect

I had prosecuted

you had prosecuted

he/she/it had prosecuted

we had prosecuted

you had prosecuted

they had prosecuted

Past perfect continuous

I had been prosecuting

you had been prosecuting

he/she/it had been prosecuting

we had been prosecuting

you had been prosecuting

they had been prosecuting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will prosecute

you will prosecute

he/she/it will prosecute

we will prosecute

you will prosecute

they will prosecute

Future continuous

I will be prosecuting

you will be prosecuting

he/she/it will be prosecuting

we will be prosecuting

you will be prosecuting

they will be prosecuting

Future perfect

I will have prosecuted

you will have prosecuted

he/she/it will have prosecuted

we will have prosecuted

you will have prosecuted

they will have prosecuted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been prosecuting

you will have been prosecuting

he/she/it will have been prosecuting

we will have been prosecuting

you will have been prosecuting

they will have been prosecuting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would prosecute

you would prosecute

he/she/it would prosecute

we would prosecute

you would prosecute

they would prosecute

Conditional continuous

I would be prosecuting

you would be prosecuting

he/she/it would be prosecuting

we would be prosecuting

you would be prosecuting

they would be prosecuting

Conditional perfect

I would have prosecute

you would have prosecute

he/she/it would have prosecute

we would have prosecute

you would have prosecute

they would have prosecute

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been prosecuting

you would have been prosecuting

he/she/it would have been prosecuting

we would have been prosecuting

you would have been prosecuting

they would have been prosecuting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you prosecute
we let´s prosecute
you prosecute

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to prosecute

Past participle

prosecuted

Present Participle

prosecuting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PROSECUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prosecute» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of prosecute

arraign · carry on · carry through · conduct · continue · direct · discharge · do · follow through · indict · litigate · manage · persevere · persist · practise · pursue · see through · sue · summon · try

TRANSLATION OF PROSECUTE

Find out the translation of prosecute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of prosecute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prosecute» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 起诉
• Translator English - Spanish: enjuiciar
• English: prosecute
• Translator English - Hindi: पर मुकदमा चलाने
• Translator English - Arabic: يُقَاضِي
• Translator English - Russian: преследовать в судебном порядке
• Translator English - Portuguese: processar
• Translator English - Bengali: prosecutable
• Translator English - French: poursuivre
• Translator English - Malay: Boleh didakwa
• Translator English - German: gerichtlich verfolgen
• Translator English - Japanese: 起訴する
• Translator English - Korean: 기소하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Prosecutable
• Translator English - Vietnamese: truy tố
• Translator English - Tamil: அவர்களும் வழக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: फिर्यादी
• Translator English - Turkish: kesinlikle sorumlu
• Translator English - Italian: perseguire
• Translator English - Polish: wstąpić na drogę sądową
• Translator English - Ukrainian: притягати до відповідальності
• Translator English - Romanian: a intenta proces
• Translator English - Greek: ασκώ δίωξη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vervolg
• Translator English - Swedish: åtala
• Translator English - Norwegian: stille for retten

10 QUOTES WITH «PROSECUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prosecute.

1

Richard Dean Anderson

I've been working with them for a couple years and a couple of projects. Essentially Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the chief litigator for this corporation, this Alliance, and their job is to prosecute corporate polluters of the great bodies of water in North America.

2

John Ashcroft

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.

3

Marsha Blackburn

Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of course it is unimaginable. We are right to be in the Middle East, and we are right to treat this as the war it is.

4

Preston Brooks

They had no right, as it seems to me, to prosecute me in these Halls; nor have you the right in law or under the Constitution, as I respectfully submit, to take jurisdiction over offenses committed against them.

5

Steve Buyer

I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts.

6

Kim Dotcom

The U.S. obviously has all the evidence they need to prosecute bankers. They just need to search their own spy database and then there you go - 1,000 bankers in jail, a trillion dollars in fines. But it doesn't happen. Instead, the spy network is being used to fight a copyright case. They used Prism to spy on me.

7

Tony Greig

I think today that it is essential that the Rwandan tribunal continues to prosecute efficiently. And if the U.N. fails to do that, it is sending entirely the wrong message to people who are in the position to complete these atrocities again.

8

Edward Jenner

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.

9

Jed S. Rakoff

If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent effect in my view vastly outweighs even the best compliance program you can put in place.

10

Robert Shapiro

The 5th Amendment guarantees that defendants can't face 'double jeopardy,' which means the government can't prosecute a person a second time for the same crime if the jury returns a verdict. Only if the jury doesn't reach a decision can prosecutors elect to retry the case.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSECUTE»

Discover the use of prosecute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prosecute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Aut Dedere Aut Judicare: The Duty to Extradite Or Prosecute ...

Ali izročitev ali kazenski pregon (aut dedere aut judicare) - gre za obveznost, ki se pojavlja v raznih oblikah v mnogih multilateralnih konvencijah in drugih mednarodnih instrumentih, ki obravnavajo načine zatiranja posameznih ...

M. Cherif Bassiouni, Edward Martin Wise, 1995

Uniform Impunity: Mexico's Misuse of Military Justice to ...

While engaging in law enforcement activities, Mexico's armed forces have committed serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, killings, torture, rapes, and arbitrary detentions.

Human Rights Watch (Organization), Tamara Taraciuk, 2009

Combating War Profiteering: Are We Doing Enough to ...

... Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division Department of Justice Before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Concerning Combating War Profiteering: Are We Doing Enough to Investigate and Prosecute Contracting Fraud ...

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CHARACTER AND RESULTS OF THE WAR. How to Prosecute and how ...

MAJOR-GENERAL B. F. BUTLER. little better. [Cheers.] I think we can have a better Union the next time. It was good enough if it had been left alone. The old house was good enough for me, but as they have pulled .down all the L part, ...

MAJOR-GENERAL B. F. BUTLER, 1863

Criminal Procedure II: From Bail to Jail

But a decision not to prosecute is not reviewable, even for an abuse of discretion — as a result of the separation of powers doctrine most state courts will not review a decision not to prosecute. Courts believe that prosecutorial judgments as to ...

Richard G. Singer, 2008

War Crimes Against Women: Prosecution in International War ...

female population during armed conflict for centuries, committed against a female simply because of her gender, would be difficult to prosecute successfully under restrictively interpreted definitions of offenses such as crimes against ...

Kelly Dawn Askin, 1997

Complementarity in the Rome Statute and National Criminal ...

second, a decision not to prosecute must have been taken. The broad reference to 'the State' also clearly encompasses allState organs that can investigate ICC crimes and all such organs in a position to take a decision not to prosecute.

Jann K. Kleffner, 2008

Selling Justice Short: Why Accountability Matters for Peace

Among other objectives, prosecuting these crimes is recognized as integral to preventing future violations of international law.19 The duty to prosecute arising from these principles is reflected in both treaty and customary international law that ...

Sara Darehshori, 2009

Helping Battered Women: New Perspectives and Remedies

who experienced less intensive abuse stated a willingness to prosecute, as opposed to 36 (55 percent) of 66 nonblacks. For those blacks who experienced less intensive abuse, however, the gender of the abuser was the most significant  ...

Albert R. Roberts, 1996

Family Crimes Against the Elderly: Elder Abuse and the ...

Utilizing the CART methodology, the association between stated willingness to prosecute and the identified predictor variables were further clarified. The most significant predictor of stated willingness/unwillingness to prosecute was intensity  ...

Patricia J. Brownell, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSECUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prosecute is used in the context of the following news items.

Coalscam: CBI gets govt. nod to prosecute two public servants

The Government has given sanction to prosecute two senior public servants for ... the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to prosecute K S Kropha, ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

China to prosecute top graft buster in key province for corruption

BEIJING Chinese authorities will prosecute one of the former top graft busters in the important southern province of Guangdong for corrupt practices, including ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

District Attorney plans to prosecute Boston Bomber Tsarnaev in state …

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said she believes it's important to prosecute Tsarnaev in state court for the crimes committed in the county. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

China to prosecute 'cult' leader as crackdown continues

BEIJING China will prosecute the leader of what it calls a "cult" on charges of rape, fraud, sabotage and other crimes, state news agency Xinhua said, as the ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

CPS decision not to prosecute Lord Janner 'to be overturned'

In April, Alison Saunders said evidence from medical experts on Greville Janner's dementia meant it was not in the public interest to charge him. Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Russia rejects calls for UN tribunal to prosecute MH17 suspects

Part of the damaged fuselage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, with flowers left on top by mourners. Photograph: Bulent ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Ishrat encounter case: CBI fails to get MHA's sanction to prosecute …

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has denied sanction to the CBI to prosecute four Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers, including former special director Rajendra ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»

Assistant Attorney General will prosecute Talkington case

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Assistant Attorney General Scott Brown will be prosecuting the case against Drake Talkington at the request of Muscatine County Attorney ... «Muscatine Journal, Jun 15»

MH17: Dutch Foreign Minister Discusses Efforts To Prosecute …

Dutch foreign minister, Bert Koenders, discussed the efforts being taken to prosecute the suspects responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»

CPS decision not to prosecute Lord Janner under review

A controversial decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute Lord ... Shortly after the decision not to prosecute, the Guardian was given a letter ... «The Guardian, May 15»