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 During that period, commissioners took 17,742 regulatory actions for pesticide violations of all types, but only 4,885 resulted in fines or referrals to district attorneys for possible prosecution, according to the data. — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Other governments and experts said Cambodia has not done enough against the perpetrators of the scam industry that has harmed people globally and called for criminal prosecutions. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 The Cook County state’s attorney’s office said Mixon was sentenced to 38 years in state prison for the Kankakee case and that the Cook County charges were cited in the Kankakee prosecution. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Diamantis isn’t the first Connecticut resident with Greek citizenship to become embroiled in a federal prosecution and extradition controversy. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prosecution

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Noun

Pat McGrath Labs returns as the Official Backstage Makeup Brand of Vogue World, with Dame Pat McGrath leading makeup design and execution.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
McVay finally confessed to that after beating the New York Giants in a game his team showed much more energy and better execution.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of execution

Noun

The transitional period and implementation of a 2018 peace agreement, which ended a deadly civil war, has been extended several times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
The firms’ implementation were proprietary, but many of the underlying signals were not as different as investors assumed.

— Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of implementation

Noun

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

On the other will be e-commerce enablers like Shopify, whose primary relationship is with merchants, and which makes money from licensing storefront software, fulfillment services, and financing.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The system needs to know demand patterns, open orders, supplier reliability, fulfillment priorities, margin impact and any approval rules that govern the response to ensure successful automation.

— Chris Leone, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026