Indict vs. Prosecute

Indictverb

To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

Indictverb

(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

Indictverb

To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.

Indictverb

To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.

Indictverb

To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.

Indictverb

accuse formally of a crime

Prosecuteverb

To start criminal proceedings against.

Prosecuteverb

To charge, try.

Prosecuteverb

To seek to obtain by legal process.

Prosecuteverb

(transitive) To pursue something to the end.

Prosecuteverb

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.

Prosecuteverb

To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.

Prosecuteverb

To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.

Prosecuteverb

To follow after.

Prosecuteverb

To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.

Prosecuteverb

conduct a prosecution in a court of law

Prosecuteverb

bring a criminal action against (in a trial);

Prosecuteverb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;