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malicious prosecution

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
ma-li-cious pros-e-cu-tion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The wrongful initiation or continuation of criminal or civil proceedings against an individual without reasonable grounds and with improper motives.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

malicious prosecutions (plural)

Phrases

abuse of process

Frequently Paired Words

abuse of process

Questions

What does malicious prosecution mean?
The wrongful initiation or continuation of criminal or civil proceedings against an individual without reasonable grounds and with improper motives.

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