English-Spanish translations for prosecute

• procesar
  Esto también permitiría seguir la pista y procesar a los delincuentes. That would also make it easier to track down and prosecute offenders.
  Hay que procesar y penalizar cualquier infracción sin ningún tipo de contemplación. Any infringement must be prosecuted and punished without qualification.
  Lituania tiene la obligación de procesar a los criminales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, pero hasta el momento no ha logrado procesar a nadie. Lithuania is under an obligation to prosecute surviving Second World War criminals but so far has not successfully prosecuted one.

Definition of prosecute

• To start criminal proceedings against
• To charge, try
• To seek to obtain by legal process
• To pursue something to the end

Examples

• to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
• to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
• to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim

Related words

• unprosecuted
• do not prosecute
• to decide not to prosecute