Hyphenation of Prosecution

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Prosecution? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

Pros-e-cu-tion

Definitions of Prosecution:

1.	The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
2.	The lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
3.	The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

Synonyms of Prosecution:

noun	criminal prosecution, legal action, action, action at law
noun	collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
noun	pursuance, continuance, continuation

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.