Verb

(implicat)

To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.

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To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

(archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

Verb

(prosecut)

(legal) To start criminal proceedings against.

to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot

* Milton

To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes.

(legal) To charge, try.

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 claim

* Shakespeare

I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?