Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

criminal prosecution

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: crim-i-nal pros-e-cu-tion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Instituted activity under the legal regime of criminal procedure directed at someone suspect of an offence under criminal law, in order to assess his culpability.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

criminal prosecutions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

criminal prosecutor

Synonyms

prosecution

Questions

What does criminal prosecution mean?: Instituted activity under the legal regime of criminal procedure directed at someone suspect of an offence under criminal law, in order to assess his culpability.

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