Commit and Prosecute

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

verb

• Conduct a prosecution in a court of law.
• Bring a criminal action against (in a trial. )
  • usage: "The State of California prosecuted O. J. Simpson"
• Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
  • usage: "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
  • synonyms: engage, pursue

• (v.i.) To follow after.
• (v.t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope or claim.
• (v.t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
• (v.i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
• (v.t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass or for a riot.