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

Uthmeier framed the prosecution as part of Florida’s tough-on-crime approach, including long prison sentences for violent offenders. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026

Verma also tried to ask for a bail review, which the prosecution objected to. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026

Monday's testimony was much more technical than last week's, when the prosecution's witnesses included educators who survived the massacre. —Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026

Chew told jurors that neither the Cryptpad documents nor the prosecution’s surveillance videos shown during Baker’s opening could be considered evidence during opening statements. —Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the prosecution

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