the prosecution

noun

: the side of a legal case which argues that a person who is accused of a crime is guilty : the lawyer or lawyers who prosecute someone in a court case

The prosecution called their first witness.

The defense told the jury that the prosecution had not proved its case.

—often used before another noun

prosecution attorneys/lawyers

Examples of the prosecution in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No further information from the defense expert disclosure is provided in the prosecution’s filing dated March 10 and any response from Kohberger’s lawyers has not been made public. —Jean Casarez, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025

The court said the prosecution had no basis for the question because there was no credible evidence of such a plan. —Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025

The case was ultimately dismissed in July 2024 after the judge ruled that the prosecution concealed evidence from Baldwin’s legal team. —Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025

But Baez also brought in skilled rebuttal arguments, like that of forensic expert Werner Spitz, to undercut the prosecution’s case. —Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for the prosecution

• antipollution
• circumlocution
• coevolution
• deconvolution
• electrocution
• irresolution
• maldistribution
• reconstitution
• redistribution
• ablution
• aleutian
• confucian