PROSECUTE

prosecute

Verb

  1. To start civil or criminal proceedings against.
    to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
  2. To charge, try.
  3. To seek to obtain by legal process.
    to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
  4. To pursue something to the end.
    to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim


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