How do you say “prosecute” in Vietnamese?

“Prosecute” in Vietnamese is khởi tố (to prosecute).

Vietnamese words for “prosecute”

• khởi tốListenverb
  Hanoi [xəːj˧˩ to˧˦] · Saigon [kʰəːj˨˩˦ tow˦˥]khởi dipping tố rising

  to prosecute

  • Người công chức đã rò rỉ bí mật và đã bị khởi tố vì tiết lộ bí mật quốc gia.The public servant leaked the secret and he was prosecuted for revealing a state secret.

Related Vietnamese words

• truy tốListenverb

  to sue; to prosecute

• tiếp tụcListenverb

  to continue; to keep on

• theo đuổiListenverb

  to pursue; to strive for

• kiệnListennoun

  bale; parcel; package

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.