| Main Entry: | prosecution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of furthering a project |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, execution, performance, pursuance, pursuit, undertaking |
| Main Entry: | prosecution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the prosecuting party in a criminal action |
Synonyms: |
DA, district attorney, government, prosecuting agent, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, state, state's attorney |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a legal process |
Synonyms: |
case, cause, claim, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, suit |
| Main Entry: | arraignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accusation |
Synonyms: |
bill of indictment, charge, citation, denunciation, impeachment, indictment, prosecution, summons, trial |
Antonyms: |
acquittal |
| Main Entry: | enforcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement to obey; implementation of rule(s) |
Synonyms: |
administration, application, carrying out, coercion, compulsion, compulsory law, constraint, duress, enforcing, exaction, execution, fulfilling, imposition, impulsion, insistence, lash, martial law, necessitation, obligation, prescription, pressure, prosecution, reinforcement, spur, whip |
Antonyms: |
abandon, disregard, forgetfulness, neglect, renunciation, slight |
| Main Entry: | execution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carrying out of a task |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, administration, completion, consummation, delivery, discharge, doing, effect, enactment, enforcement, fulfilling, implementation, nuts and bolts, operation, performance, prosecution, realization, rendering, style |
Antonyms: |
abandoning, disregard, failure, forgetting, ignorance, leaving, neglect |
| Main Entry: | furtherance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement |
Synonyms: |
advocacy, backing, boosting, carrying-out, championship, progress, progression, promotion, prosecution, pursuit |
Antonyms: |
blockage, curtailment, delay, hindrance, impediment, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
Synonyms: |
coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| Main Entry: | indictment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accusation |
Synonyms: |
allegation, arraignment, bill, blame, censure, charge, citation, detention, findings, impeachment, incrimination, presentment, prosecution, statement, summons, warrant, writ |
Antonyms: |
absolution, acquittal, exoneration |
| Main Entry: | lawsuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case brought to court |
Synonyms: |
accusation, action, argument, arraignment, assumpsit, bill, cause, claim, contest, dispute, impeachment, indictment, litigation, presentment, proceedings, prosecution, replevin, suit, trial |