prosecution association

noun

An organization of citizens, typically in the same community, who paid dues to cover one another's costs of privately prosecuting offenders should a crime be committed against them.

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Meanings

nounprosecution association (plural prosecution associations)

plural prosecution associations

  1. historicalAn organization of citizens, typically in the same community, who paid dues to cover one another's costs of privately prosecuting offenders should a crime be committed against them.
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