Webster's English Dictionary

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prosecution

pros.e.cu.tion \.pra:s-i-'kyu:-sh*n\ n 1: the act or process of 
   prosecuting; specif : the institution and  continuance of a criminal suit 
   involving the process of pursuing formal charges against an offender to 
   final judgment 2: the party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted or 
   conducted  obs  3: PURSUIT