Word of the Day:
prosecute
What It Means
To start criminal proceedings against.
To seek to obtain by legal process.
to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
Prosecute in Context
“The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Latin prōsecūtus, perfect participle of prōsequor. Doublet of pursue, from Old French. Compare also persecute.
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