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prosecution

noun as in the act of furthering a project

noun as in the prosecuting party in a criminal action

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When Cowen was arrested he was searched and found to have another kitchen knife in his pocket, the prosecution said.

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Northamptonshire Police said it was engaging with the allegations in the redress scheme but no new prosecutions had been started yet.

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According to the prosecution, children were regularly kidnapped on their way to school, from the fields, deprived of their fundamental rights, and forced to kill for Kony's rebel group.

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A pathologist found they had died by homicide by unspecified means, including the use of Nortriptyline, the prosecution said.

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The prosecution alleges he "relentlessly" posted abusive comments about Sophia Brooks, 18, on social media last October, before throwing her phone in a road.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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