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Narrator: Today's word is "Prosecution" — noun, pronounced /ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃn/, with the stress on "cu".
Narrator: Prosecution is the process of charging someone with a crime and trying them in court.
Narrator: In plain English, it's taking a criminal case to court.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin prosecutio, a pursuit.
Narrator: A common collocation is "face prosecution", which describes being likely to be charged.
Narrator: It differs from "defence", because the defence argues for the accused.
Narrator: The prosecution also means the lawyers representing the state in a trial.
Narrator: Law, policing, journalism and politics all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: the prosecution pursues the case against the accused.
Speaker A: Who speaks first in a trial?
Speaker B: Usually the prosecution! PROSECUTION comes from the Latin for pursuit.
Speaker A: Then the defence replies?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The prosecution called its first witness", trial. "He faces prosecution for tax fraud", legal risk. "The prosecution dropped the case", ending.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: The prosecution can take a singular or plural verb in British English, but stay consistent.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Charge is its cousin, trial is its twin, and litigation is the civil alternative, but prosecution keeps its justice charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "prosecution" in AI prompts — useful for legal education and court reporting.
Speaker A: How would legal education use it?
Speaker B: Explain stages.
Prompt: Outline the stages of a criminal prosecution in England from charge to verdict.
Speaker A: And court reporting?
Speaker B: Summaries.
Prompt: Summarise the prosecution's opening statement from this transcript in six sentences.
Speaker A: Could it help case tools?
Speaker B: Yes, deadlines.
Prompt: Track prosecution deadlines for each case and alert the team a week before.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Mock trials.
Prompt: Write a short prosecution speech for a school mock trial about a stolen bicycle.
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