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 And with the murder prosecution of Laura Hamilton in Elmore County, another woman could be subject to being added to Idaho’s death row. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026 Mangione’s lawyers repeatedly raised concerns about the dual prosecutions, arguing their client was being unfairly tried twice for the same crime. — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026 The Fifth Amendment generally protects government employees from having statements that are compelled under threat of losing their jobs used against them in a criminal prosecution. — Matt Peterson,luke Fountain, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 Slota’s prosecution is the latest linked to an informal but growing gun fandom on the far Left. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prosecution

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Noun

Small details are attended to with flawless execution—when the night is chilly, blankets appear at the dinner table; housekeeping and pool maintenance is timed so as not to interfere with your presence; transfers and shuttles are booked with ease.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
CameraJet applied that formula to a device most consumers associate with a $10 drugstore purchase, raising the stakes on execution.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of execution

Noun

In the month since, momentum appears to have stalled without public steps from the administration toward the law's implementation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
The report also said retailers and brands can move ahead of implementation and not just after it.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 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

As for Columbia’s agreement with GXO, the partnership gives the logistics company responsibility for inbound logistics, storage, fulfillment and outbound distribution at the facility in Cambrai, northern France.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
In the other van, Gen cries tears of pride and fulfillment after Aesha and Nathan praise her performance in the last charter.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026