See prosecute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "belangen"
},
{
"alt": "きそ-する",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiso-suru",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "起訴する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "hāmene"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "poursuivre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preslédovatʹ",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пресле́довать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "procesar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "enjuiciar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "beivra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "kovuşturma açmak"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "To start civil or criminal proceedings against",
"word": "erlyn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obvinjavam",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "обвинявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "syyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "anklagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "bestrafen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "vor Gericht stellen"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mohâkeme kardan",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "محاکمه کردن"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "tagair"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "procesar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To charge, try",
"word": "enjuiciar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gonja",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "гоня"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "presledvam",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "преследвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "jatkaa loppuun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "tehdä loppuun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "suorittaa loppuun"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "betreiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "verfolgen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "makawe"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "donbâl kardan",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "دنبال کردن"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "proseguir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "llevar a cabo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "llevar adelante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To pursue something to the end",
"word": "llevar a término"
}
],
"word": "prosecute"
}
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