criminal prosecution
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1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | action, action at law, legal action, |
| definition | : | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | double jeopardy, |
| definition | : | the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | trial, |
| definition | : | (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | prosecute, |
| definition | : | bring a criminal action against (in a trial) (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | prosecute, |
| definition | : | conduct a prosecution in a court of law (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | prosecute, |
| definition | : | bring a criminal action against (in a trial) (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | prosecute, |
| definition | : | conduct a prosecution in a court of law (verb.social) |
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