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prosecution
Noun
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Prosecution is the act of taking legal action against a person, especially criminal action.
The prosecution of Bob was for the rape crimes that he has committed.
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Prosecution refers to the agency that prosecutes a person in court, especially a person guilty of a criminal offence.
The prosecution of Mike Tyson during his rape trial argued that his victim's injuries made it very unlikely that she had consented to sex with the man.
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Prosecution refers to the act of carrying out a scheme till the end.
case
Noun
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A case is a container to hold something.
He opened the case and pulled out his violin.
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A case is a matter for police or in court.
The judge did not accept his case.
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A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.
The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.
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A case is a person of a certain kind.
That man is sure a hard case.
case
Verb
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If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.
We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.