prosecutable

pros·e·cute  (prs-kyt)

v. pros·e·cut·ed, pros·e·cut·ing, pros·e·cutes

v.tr.

1. Law

a. To initiate civil or criminal court action against.

b. To seek to obtain or enforce by legal action.

2.

a. To pursue (an undertaking, for example) until completion; follow to the very end.

b. To chase or pursue (a vessel): "He held a dispatch saying that [they] had prosecuted and probably killed an Echo-class missile submarine" (Tom Clancy).

3. To carry on, engage in, or practice.

v.intr. Law

1. To initiate and conduct legal proceedings.

2. To act as prosecutor.

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[Middle English prosecuten, from Latin prsequ, prsect- : pr-, forward; see pro-¹ + sequ, to follow; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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prose·cuta·ble adj.

Translations

prosecutable

adj → strafbar