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

Judges upheld his acquittal following an appeal from the prosecution. —ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026

The collage was presented by the prosecution in the trial of Colin Gray, the suspect's father. —Jozsef Papp, AJC.com, 21 Feb. 2026

The president has gone back and forth with Polis over the prosecution of former elections clerk Tina Peters in Colorado, with the governor resisting the president’s calls to release her. —Jared Gans, The Hill, 20 Feb. 2026

Zien said a conviction would not amount to justice and criticized the prosecution and its expert psychiatrist for trying to separate Santos’ mental illness from his motivations on the night of the killings for the sake of an easy-to-follow narrative. —Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the prosecution

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