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起訴する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Legal term for formally charging someone with a crime. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to prosecute' or 'to indict'.

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告こく訴そN1
告訴 is a formal complaint filed by a victim or accuser asking authorities to act, while 起訴 is the prosecutor's actual decision to bring criminal charges.
告こく発はつ
告発 is a criminal accusation or whistleblowing report made by a third party, whereas 起訴 is the prosecutor's formal act of indicting someone.
公こう訴そ
起訴 is the everyday, general word for indicting or prosecuting someone, while 公訴 is the formal legal term for the prosecutor's act of bringing a public criminal case.
訴そ追つい
起訴 is the everyday term for filing criminal charges, while 訴追 is a more formal or legalistic word that can also cover impeachment of officials.

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送そう検けん
起訴 is the formal indictment made by the prosecutor after the case reaches them, while 送検 is the earlier step of the police sending the suspect and case file to the prosecutor.
検けん察さつN1
起訴 is the narrow act of formally indicting a suspect, while 検察 covers the whole prosecutorial process including investigation leading up to that decision.

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告こく訴そN1
起訴 is the prosecutor's act of formally charging a suspect in court, whereas 告訴 is the victim's act of filing the initial complaint that may lead to 起訴.
提てい訴そ
提訴 means filing a civil lawsuit, whereas 起訴 means a prosecutor formally charging someone with a crime.
敗はい訴そ
敗訴 is the result of losing a court case, while 起訴 refers to the act of prosecuting or indicting someone at the start of a case.