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0 to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a law court, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime:
- Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
- He was prosecuted for fraud.
- Any manufacturer who does not conform to the standards could be prosecuted under the Consumers Protection Act, 1987.
- The victim has said that she will not prosecute.
1 to continue to take part in a planned group of activities, especially a war:
- He seemed convinced that the US would prosecute the war to its end.
2 to officially accuse someone of committing an illegal act, and to bring a case against that person in a court of law:
- [ T ] The banker was prosecuted for fraud.
3 to officially accuse someone in a court of law of committing a crime:
- Trespassers will be prosecuted.
- prosecute sb for sth In this area, 26 people have been prosecuted for mortgage fraud in the past three years.
4 if a lawyer prosecutes a case, they try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty:
- prosecute a case/lawsuit The leader of the Justice Department team prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies.

Can't you read the sign? It says 'Trespassers will be prosecuted!'
People who hand in illegal weapons will not be prosecuted during the amnesty.
He was prosecuted for having sex with a girl who was underage.
You'll be relieved to hear that our clients have decided not to prosecute.
The company is to be prosecuted under the Sex Discrimination Act.
It persecuted and prosecuted dissenters and recusants who stood in its path and it proclaimed its right so to do in innumerable sermons and treatises.
Many other examples, ranging from neighbours arguing over trespass to alleged thieves being prosecuted before sheriff courts, could be given.
Violence between spouses, partners, parents or children has been less likely to be prosecuted than 'public ' violence.