Caught up with and prosecuted (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
had up
'and prosecuted' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'caught up' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'up' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'had' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for had up that I've seen before include "being courted" , "Put on trial" , "Brought before the court" , "Called to account before a court" .)