the prosecution

noun

: the side of a legal case which argues that a person who is accused of a crime is guilty : the lawyer or lawyers who prosecute someone in a court case

The prosecution called their first witness.

The defense told the jury that the prosecution had not proved its case.

—often used before another noun

prosecution attorneys/lawyers

Examples of the prosecution in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The defense has argued that the delay is caused by the prosecution's slow handling of its own expert disclosures, which were given to the defense in late March. —Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025

The foreman noted that the prosecution’s use of songs had troubled him. —Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025

Related article With Karen Read’s adoring fans outside, can the prosecution get a fair murder trial? March 26, 2025: An attorney who served as an alternate juror in Read’s first trial was hired by her legal defense team, WCVB reports. —Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025

The petition challenges the prosecution’s original claim that Peterson secretly bought the boat by purportedly providing evidence that Laci and Scott bought the boat together, the LAIP claims. —Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for the prosecution

• antipollution
• circumlocution
• coevolution
• deconvolution
• electrocution
• irresolution
• maldistribution
• reconstitution
• redistribution
• ablution
• aleutian
• confucian