Word
criminal prosecution, n.
the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
<noun.act>
freq. cnt.: 3
freq. cnt.: 3
criminal prosecution
prosecution
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
prosecute
prosecute
antonym
defense
semantic pointers
hypernym
action, legal action, action at law
part holonym
trial
hyponym
double jeopardy
domain of synset (topic)
law, jurisprudence