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

Instead, the prosecution relied on neighbors, Lorincz’s former landlord, sheriff’s deputies, a 911 dispatcher, crime scene investigators and forensics experts to present their case against Lorincz. —Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025

Murdaugh's attorney, the prosecution and Hulu did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. —Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025

The collective failure to scrutinize this evidence, Zumot argued, deprived a jury of the opportunity to fairly assess his credibility and the prosecution’s case against him. —Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025

Back in 2023, DiCaprio testified for the prosecution in Michél’s trial. —Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for the prosecution

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