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公こう訴そ

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

public prosecution; indictment; formal accusation

Legal term for a prosecutor bringing a criminal case before a court. In ordinary news and legal writing, it often appears in the set phrase 公訴を提起する, while 起訴 is the more familiar everyday word.

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