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malicious prosecution

malicious prosecution noun: the wrongful initiation or continuation of criminal or civil proceedings against an individual without reasonable grounds and with improper motives.

Noun

malicious prosecution (countable and uncountable, plural malicious prosecutions)

  1. The wrongful initiation or continuation of criminal or civil proceedings against an individual without reasonable grounds and with improper motives.

malicious prosecution meaning in Tamil

malicious prosecution in Tamil

வன்மக் குற்ற வழக்குத் தொடுப்பு, வன்மக்குற்ற வழக்குத்தொடுப்பு

Forms of malicious prosecution

pluralmalicious prosecutions

Questions about malicious prosecution

What does malicious prosecution mean?
Malicious prosecution means the wrongful initiation or continuation of criminal or civil proceedings against an individual without reasonable grounds and with improper motives.
What is malicious prosecution in Tamil?
Malicious prosecution in Tamil is வன்மக் குற்ற வழக்குத் தொடுப்பு, வன்மக்குற்ற வழக்குத்தொடுப்பு. See Malicious prosecution meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is malicious prosecution?
Malicious prosecution is a noun.
What is the plural of malicious prosecution?
The plural of malicious prosecution is malicious prosecutions.

Words near malicious prosecution in the dictionary

  1. malicides
  2. malicing
  3. malicious
  4. malicious compliance
  5. malicious mischief
  6. malicious prosecution
  7. malicious prosecutions
  8. maliciously
  9. maliciousness
  10. maliciousnesses
  11. Malick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malicious prosecution (page history and authors); malicious prosecution (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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