verb (used without object), pros·e·cut·ed, pros·e·cut·ing. Law. to institute and carry on a legal prosecution. to act as prosecutor.

Is prosecutor a word?

of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.

Is persecution a noun or adjective?

The noun persecution is related to persecute, which comes from Latin persecut-, meaning “followed with hostility.” Persecution means hassling or singling out a person or group because of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or social status.