PROSECUTION Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

prosecution

noun

ˌprä-si-ˈkyü-shən

Definition of prosecution

as in execution

the doing of an action oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy

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Recent Examples of prosecution The only companies that have to worry about a federal antitrust prosecution at this point are those that Trump fiercely dislikes. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026 During his absence, Haiti’s transitional authorities adopted a controversial decree shielding senior government officials accused of malfeasance and other crimes committed while in office from prosecution in the country’s regular courts. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 This unprecedented prosecution is in flagrant violation of common law principles. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Of the 47, most pleaded guilty while 14 were convicted and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, after a 2024 trial that marked the single largest prosecution of pro-democracy activists under the NSL. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prosecution

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Noun

And post-race Hamilton again noted how Ferrari’s teamwork execution wasn’t handled well — on Saturday or Sunday.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Reducing those delays could allow more accelerators to function as one execution environment.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of execution

Noun

EuroHPC is overseeing the implementation of 19 AI Factories and 13 AI Factory Antennas across Europe, while also developing a European quantum-computing infrastructure that will integrate quantum technologies with conventional supercomputers.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Among the components in the legislation are funding for mobile crisis teams, the implementation of a suicide prevention awareness campaign and a requirement for all health insurance plans to cover crisis services.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of implementation

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What happens when the response to the horror of 9/11 becomes an arena for perpetration of further crimes, rather than the healing of wounds already inflicted?

— Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Pipkins is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in perpetration of a kidnapping.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025

Definition of perpetration

Noun

Many of the buildings were cavernous fulfillment centers built during the pandemic-era online-shopping boom that were sitting empty near highways, airports and other transportation hubs.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
With fulfillment time as the firm’s North Star KPI, the team combined RPA, low-code tools and agentic AI to speed up inbound and outbound logistics, giving AI real autonomy over routing decisions.

— Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026