Word of the week: "prosecution"

Source: "Ex-NY mob boss makes history with trial testimony" by Tony Hays, 12 April 2011.

Sentence: "He testified his cooperation spared his wife from prosecution, allowed her to keep their home and gave him a shot at a reduced sentence."

Definition: —noun 1. Law. a) the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. b) the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on. 2. the following up of something undertaken or begun, usually to its completion.

The term "prosecution" is used in the Yahoo! story about ex-mob boss, Joseph Massino to mean "the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person" ("prosecution") since Massino's cooperation with authorities spared Massino and his wife from legal proceedings that would ordinarily result from a criminal case such as this.

Works Cited

Hays, Tony. "Ex-NY mob boss makes history with trial testimony." Yahoo! News. Yahoo! Inc, 12 April 2011. Web. 14 April 2011.

"prosecution." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, LLC, 2011. Web. 14 April 2011.