公诉

public prosecution / criminal prosecution

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

variant of 訴|诉[su4]

to complain / to sue / to tell

district attorney / public prosecutor / procurator

to prosecute sb