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Yes, prosecute is playable

...and is worth 16 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Prosecute" Definition

verb-intransitive

Law To act as prosecutor.
Law To initiate and conduct legal proceedings.

verb-transitive

Law To initiate civil or criminal court action against.
Law To seek to obtain or enforce by legal action.
To carry on, engage in, or practice.
To chase or pursue (a vessel): "He held a dispatch saying that [they] had prosecuted and probably killed an Echo-class missile submarine” ( Tom Clancy).
To pursue (an undertaking, for example) until completion; follow to the very end.

verb

To follow to the end pursue until finished .
To engage in .
To bring legal action against for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law.
To institute legal proceedings with reference to .
To institute and carry on a legal suit or .

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