prosecute

verb4

1. •
   To start criminal proceedings against.
2. •
   To charge, try.

   • The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […] — 1962
3. •
   To pursue something to the end.

   • I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right? — 1595
4. •
   To seek to obtain by legal process.