Definition of "prosecute" []

• Law To initiate civil or criminal court action against. (verb-transitive)
• Law To seek to obtain or enforce by legal action. (verb-transitive)
• To pursue (an undertaking, for example) until completion; follow to the very end. (verb-transitive)
• To chase or pursue (a vessel): "He held a dispatch saying that [they] had prosecuted and probably killed an Echo-class missile submarine” ( Tom Clancy). (verb-transitive)
• To carry on, engage in, or practice. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A good and proper result from the courts for a change, the CPS decision to prosecute is at best very suspect. on March 31, 2010 at 8: 38 pm RD"
• "Now you want to say that the decision to prosecute is Holder's decision, and his alone."
• "Now, America sees all the more glaringly your integrity faults … and once you're out of the nomination race and the courts can once again prosecute you … we'll see it even further."