Usually means: Legal proceedings against alleged offenders.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. prosecutions: Merriam-Webster
  2. prosecutions: Collins English Dictionary
  3. prosecutions: Vocabulary.com
  4. Prosecution's, Prosecutions, prosecution's, prosecutions, prosecutions: Wordnik
  5. prosecutions: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. prosecutions: Wiktionary
  7. prosecutions: Dictionary.com
  8. prosecutions: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. prosecutions: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Prosecution's, prosecutions: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Prosecution's, prosecutions: Encyclopedia

(Note: See prosecution as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (prosecution)

noun:  The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
noun:  (law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
noun:  (law) The prosecuting party.
noun:  (law) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.
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