prosecute

verb

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒsɪkjuːt/

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prōsecūtus, perfect participle of prōsequor. Doublet of pursue, from Old French. Compare also persecute.

To start criminal proceedings against.
“to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot”
“To acquit themſelves and proſecute their foes”
To charge, try.
“The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]”
To seek to obtain by legal process.
“to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law”
To pursue something to the end.
“to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation”
“I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?”