Difference between Prosecute and Prosecutions

PROSECUTE vs PROSECUTIONS: NOUN

The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
The lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
Plural form of prosecution.

To initiate or conduct a criminal case against.
To initiate or conduct (a civil case or legal action).
To initiate or conduct legal proceedings regarding (an offense, for example).
To pursue (an undertaking, for example) until completion; continue to the very end.
To carry on, engage in, or practice (an occupation or business).
To chase or pursue (a vessel).
To institute and carry on a legal prosecution.
To follow after.

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue.
To seek to obtain by legal process.
To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially.

Be involved in
To follow up; pursue with a view to attain or obtain; continue endeavors to accomplish or complete; pursue with continued purpose; carry on; follow up: as, to prosecute a scheme; to prosecute an undertaking.
In law: To seek to obtain by legal process: as, to prosecute a claim in a court of law.
To arraign before a court of justice for some crime or wrong; pursue for redress or punishment before a legal tribunal: as, to prosecute a man for trespass or for fraud.
To proceed against or pursue by law: said of crimes.
To carry on a legal prosecution; act as a prosecutor before a legal tribunal.
Synonyms To follow out, persevere in.—2 . To arraign.

Sanction, Adjudicate, Criminalize, Prosecutorial, Indictments, Penalize, Sue, Persecute, Convict, Prosecution, Punish, Prosecutions, Indict, Engage, Pursue

Litigation, Trial, Proceedings, Lawsuits, Charges, Trials, Prosecutors, Prosecutor, Prosecutorial, Convictions, Indictments, Cases, Prosecuting, Prosecute, Pursuance

Judgment, Trial, Judge, Indictment, Sanction, Adjudicate, Criminalize, Prosecutorial, Penalize, Persecute, Convict, Prosecution, Punish, Prosecutions, Pursue

Accusations, Procuracy, Summonses, Allegations, Attorney, Indictment, Litigation, Trial, Lawsuits, Prosecutors, Prosecutor, Prosecutorial, Prosecuting, Prosecute, Pursuance

District Attorney may prosecute those particular criminal actions?
The decision to prosecute is a serious step.
Police Department choose not to prosecute arrested defendants?
District Attorney shall appear and prosecute the case.
Would you prosecute women who abort their children?
Either a decision is made not to prosecute or a decision is made to prosecute.
Legal Division to prosecute administrative cases and with District and City Attorneys to prosecute criminal cases.
LICENSEE fails to prosecute the same at its own expense, and LICENSEE may decide to jointly prosecute such action with BCM.
It gave advice on when to prosecute and not prosecute cases.
Prosecute: Prosecute Human Trafficking Using All the Tools.

At the end of the prosecutions case, defendant renewed her motion to dismiss, arguing the Prosecutions case is comical.
Some jurisdictions also reported that prosecutions were easier to undertake and that there was an increase in prosecutions.
British authorities abandoned seditious libel prosecutions in the colonies, having concluded that such prosecutions were no longer an effective tool of repression.
Instigate prosecutions where appropriate, and assist the Legal Counsel in seeking successful prosecutions in relevant cases.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions or Solicitor for Public Prosecutions.
This guidance also gives information on private prosecutions led by the RSPCA, including considerations when taking over and discontinuing such prosecutions.
Third, prosecutors intensive training domestic violence prosecutions conjunction with first prosecution violence prosecutions.
Victim participation in prosecutions as witnesses who can provide crucial evidence increases the likelihood of successful prosecutions.
Why are some prosecutions for child pornography conducted by the state versus federal prosecutions?
Historically all prosecutions in England were private prosecutions.