Prosecute
To follow through; to commence and continue an action or judicial proceeding to its ultimate conclusion. To proceed against a defendant by charging that person with a crime and bringing him or her to trial.
The state, on behalf of the people, generally prosecutes a defendant accused of a crime.
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