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{
"term": "prosecute",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "prosecute",
"heSheIt": "prosecutes"
},
"pastSimple": "prosecuted",
"pastParticiple": "prosecuted",
"ingForm": "prosecuting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to officially charge somebody with a crime in court",
"sensetop": "prosecute somebody/somethingprosecute somebody/something for (doing) something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police decided not to prosecute."
},
{
"text": "Trespassers will be prosecuted *(= a notice telling people to keep out of a particular area)*.",
"contextForm": "prosecute somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act.",
"contextForm": "prosecute somebody/something for (doing) something"
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be a lawyer in a court case for a person or an organization that is charging somebody with a crime",
"sensetop": "prosecute (somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **prosecuting counsel/lawyer/attorney**"
},
{
"text": "James Spencer, prosecuting, claimed that the witness was lying."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to continue taking part in or doing something",
"sensetop": "prosecute something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɒsɪkjuːt/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecute__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɒsɪkjuːts/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecutes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɒsɪkjuːtɪd/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecuted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɒsɪkjuːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecuting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːsɪkjuːt/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecute__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːsɪkjuːts/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecutes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːsɪkjuːtɪd/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecuted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːsɪkjuːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/prosecute/prosecuting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin prosecut- ‘pursued, accompanied’, from the verb prosequi, from pro- ‘onward’ + sequi ‘follow’."
}