9 Letter Words for Prosecute
prosecute
8 Letter Words for Prosecute
outcreep, outpeers, prescout, putresce
7 Letter Words for Prosecute
cereous, certose, copters, coupees, coupers, couters, croupes, croutes, cuprose, escopet, etropus, outpeer, pectose, pectous, pertuse, petrous, posture, pouters, precuts, prosect, proteus, recepts, recoupe, recoups, reputes, respect, scepter, scouter, secreto, secutor, septuor, specter, spector, spouter, sterope, toupees, troupes
6 Letter Words for Prosecute
cepous, cepter, ceptor, cereus, cerote, cerous, certes, ceruse, cesure, copers, copter, corpse, corpus, corset, cortes, coster, coupee, couper, coupes, coures, course, courts, couter, creeps, crepes, croset, croupe, croups, crouse, croute, crouts, cruets, cruset, cuerpo, curets, cutose, ecoute, erects, eructs, erupts, escort, escout, esture, europe, opters, oustee, ouster, outers, outsee, pectus, perces, persue, peruse, pester, peters, petres, poseur, poster, poucer, pouser, pouter, precut, preset, presto, proust, pucest, puerto, purees, purest, purset, recept, recost, recoup, rectos, rectus, recuse, recuts, repose, repost, repots, repute, rescue, resect, respot, respue, restep, retuse, roupet, routes, rupees, scopet, scoter, screet, scrout, scruto, secret, sector, secure, souper, source, souter, sprout, spruce, stereo, stoper, stoure, streep, stroup, stupor, suerte, terces, tereus, topees, topers, toupee, touser, tropes, troupe, trouse, truces, uprest, uprose, uptore, uptree
5 Letter Words for Prosecute
cepes, ceres, ceros, certs, ceste, cetes, cetus, coper, copes, copse, copus, cores, corps, corse, coset, coste, cotes, coupe, coups, coure, cours, court, creep, crepe, crept, crest, crete, crops, crose, crost, croup, crout, crues, cruet, cruse, crust, cures, curet, curse, cuter, cutes, ecrus, epeus, erect, erept, erose, eruct, erupt, escot, espec, ester, estoc, estop, estre, estro, eucre, euros, opter, orcus, outer, outre, pecos, peers, peert, perce, peres, perse, perst, perts, peste, pesto, peter, petos, petre, petro, pocus, poets, pores, poret, porte, ports, porus, poser, poter, potes, potus, pouce, pours, pouts, prees, prose, prost, prote, pucer, puces, puers, puree, purse, recpt, recto, recut, reest, repos, repot, reset, resue, resup, retes, reuse, ropes, roset, rotes, roues, roups, rouse, roust, route, routs, rupee, rusot, scope, score, scote, scoup, scour, scout, scree, scute, secre, serut, setup, soree, souce, souct, spece, spect, speer, spete, spore, sport, spout, spree, spret, sprot, sprue, spurt, spute, steep, steer, stere, stero, stoep, stope, store, stoup, strep, strop, strue, stupe, sture, sucre, super, sutor, teers, tepor, terce, tereu, terse, topee, toper, topes, torcs, tores, torse, torus, toupe, tours, touse, trees, trope, troue, truce, trues, tsere, turco, turps, turse, upsee, upset, uster, utees, utero
4 Letter Words for Prosecute
cees, cepe, ceps, cere, cero, cert, cest, cete, coes, cope, copr, cops, copt, core, corp, cors, cort, cose, cost, cote, cots, coue, coup, cour, cpus, cres, crop, crpe, crts, crue, crup, crus, crut, cues, cups, cure, curs, curt, cusp, cust, cute, cuts, ecru, ecto, ecus, epos, eres, eros, erse, erst, eruc, esop, eure, euro, opec, opes, opts, opus, orcs, ores, orts, otus, oups, ours, oust, outr, outs, pecs, peer, pees, pere, pers, pert, peru, peso, pest, pete, peto, pets, poet, porc, pore, port, pose, post, pote, pots, pour, pout, prec, pree, pres, pret, proc, pros, prut, psec, puce, puer, pure, purs, puts, rcpt, recs, rect, rees, reet, repo, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, rocs, roes, rope, rose, rost, rotc, rote, rots, roue, roup, rous, rout, rucs, rues, ruse, rust, ruts, scet, scop, scot, scup, scur, scut, seco, sect, seep, seer, seor, sept, sere, sero, sert, soce, sope, sore, sort, soup, sour, sout, spec, spet, spor, spot, spue, spur, sput, step, ster, stop, stor, stre, stue, suer, suet, supe, supr, supt, sure, teer, tees, tepe, terp, tocs, toes, tope, tops, torc, tore, tors, toru, tose, toup, tour, tree, tres, trop, true, tues, tups, turp, ures, urps, usee, user, utes
3 Letter Words for Prosecute
cee, ceo, cep, cer, cop, cor, cos, cot, cpo, cpr, cps, cpt, cpu, cro, crs, crt, cru, csp, cst, cte, cto, ctr, cts, cue, cup, cur, cut, eco, ect, ecu, eec, eer, eos, ere, ers, ert, esc, ese, esp, esr, est, esu, etc, oct, oer, oes, ope, ops, opt, orc, ore, ors, ort, ose, otc, oup, our, ous, out, pct, pec, pee, per, pes, pet, por, pos, pot, prc, pre, pro, prs, pst, pte, pts, pur, pus, put, rct, rec, ree, rep, res, roc, roe, ros, rot, rps, rpt, rte, ruc, rue, rut, scr, sct, sec, see, sep, ser, set, soc, sop, sot, sou, spt, str, sue, sup, sur, tcp, tec, tee, ter, tes, toc, toe, top, tor, tos, tou, tps, trp, trs, tsp, tue, tup, tur, upo, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, ust, utc, ute, uts
Definitions for Prosecute
[1] Law . to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
[2] to follow up or carry forward something undertaken or begun, usually to its completion: to prosecute a war.
[3] to carry on or practice.
[4] Law . to institute and carry on a legal prosecution. to act as prosecutor.
[5] (tr) to bring a criminal action against (a person) for some offence
[6] (intr) to seek redress by legal proceedings to institute or conduct a prosecution
[7] (tr) to engage in or practise (a profession or trade)
[8] (tr) to continue to do (a task, etc)
Words related to Prosecute
sue, litigate, summon, try, indict, arraign, pursue, execute, conduct, do, contest, wage, manage, perform, practice, direct, continue, persist, discharge, law
Words nearby Prosecute
prose poem, prosecco, prosecretin, prosect, prosector, prosecute, prosecuting attorney, prosecution, prosecutor, prosecutorial, prosecutory
Origin of Prosecute
1400–50; late Middle English prosecuten to follow up, go on with < Latin prōsecūtus, past participle of prōsequī to pursue, proceed with, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + secū-, variant stem of sequī to follow + -tus past participle suffix
Words that may be confused with Prosecute
persecute, prosecute
Other words from Prosecute
pros·e·cut·a·ble , adjective
pros·e·cut·a·bil·i·ty , noun
non·pros·e·cut·a·ble , adjective
qua·si-pros·e·cut·ed , adjective
re·pros·e·cute , verb (used with object), re·pros·e·cut·ed, re·pros·e·cut·ing.
well-pros·e·cut·ed , adjective
Word origin for Prosecute
C15: from Latin prōsequī to follow, from prō- forward + sequī to follow
Synonyms for Prosecute
arraign, indict, litigate, sue, summon, try, contest, do, bring suit, bring to trial, haul into court, involve in litigation, law, prefer charges, pull up, put away, put on docket, put on trial, see in court, seek redress, take to court, turn on the heat
