{
    "term": "prosecution",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of trying to prove in court that somebody is guilty of a crime (= of prosecuting them); the process of being officially charged with a crime in court",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Prosecution for a first minor offence rarely leads to imprisonment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He threatened to bring a private prosecution against the doctor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["criminal", "federal", "private"],
                "verb + prosecution": ["bring", "initiate", "be liable to"],
                "preposition": ["prosecution against", "prosecution for"],
                "phrases": ["immunity from prosecution"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person or an organization that prosecutes somebody in court, together with the lawyers, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was a **witness for the prosecution**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prosecution has/have failed to prove its/their case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "defence and prosecution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a prosecution lawyer"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "prosecution + verb": [
                    "prove something",
                    "allege something",
                    "claim something"
                ],
                "prosecution + noun": ["case", "evidence", "counsel"],
                "preposition": ["for the prosecution"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of making something happen or continue",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prosecution/prosecution__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɑːsɪˈkjuːʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prosecution/prosecution__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Old French, or from late Latin prosecutio(n-), from prosequi ‘pursue, accompany’, from pro- ‘onward’ + sequi ‘follow’."
}