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

And a psychologist testifying for the prosecution challenged the delusion diagnosis. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Reddington also pushed back on one of the prosecution's central arguments that Lindsay Clancy carefully planned the killings by sending Patrick Clancy out on errands. — Lorraine Taylor , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

The defense attorney said none of the psychiatric experts, either called by the prosecution or defense, disputed that Clancy was suffering from a mental illness. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

During the trial, the defense argued the prosecution hadn't sufficiently proved that the firm’s management instructed Cheng’s supervisor. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the prosecution

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