Betydelse av prosecuting på svenska

• 0 present participle of prosecute

• 1 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.

• 2 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.