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

Defense attorney Brian Hobbs pushed back on the prosecution's statement, saying that Colin Gray did not ignore his child and attempted to seek mental health intervention for him through his school. —Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026

The purpose of the list was to enable the prosecution and defense to identify prospective jurors who know witnesses or people otherwise involved in the case. —Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026

Cases do not improve with time, and both the prosecution and defense are entitled to a fair and speedy resolution. —Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2026

The judge seemed to account strongly for the prosecution's evidence of Thompson's internet search history leading up to the attack. —Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the prosecution

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