procuratorate
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- noun
- /ˌprɒkjʊˈreɪtərɪt/
- Formal
- In this country, the Procuratorate plays a crucial role in overseeing criminal prosecutions and ensuring justice.
- Supreme Procuratorate
- People's Procuratorate
Examples
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Currently, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate are compiling their interpretations for publishing.
Blog text (11) -
The Supreme People's Procuratorate announced new measures to combat public corruption in the legal system.
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According to the Supreme People's Procuratorate, such people were responsible for 42.4 percent of rural economic corruption.
Academic text (2014) -
In 2013, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate adopted several clarifications.
Academic text (2018) -
However, as discussed above, judicial interpretations issued by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and advisory opinions and instructions issued by the State Council and other administrative agencies are also playing a very important role in the Chinese legal system.
Blog text (11) -
Its counterparts on the government side are the Ministry of Supervision and the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, responsible for prosecuting errant government officials.
Academic text (2008) -
According to Ye Feng, a senior official at the Supreme People's Procuratorate (roughly China's equivalent of the U.S. Department of Justice), in 2005 state prosecutors investigated more than 41,000 corruption cases and filed charges in 75 percent of them.
Academic text (2006) -
The Deputy Chief of the Procuratorate presented the case against the accused during the court proceedings.
Synonyms
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An office that makes sure laws are followed, often in government or church
Surface Forms
Morphology
procuratorate = procurator (semi-transparent) = procurator + ate
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ate' to 'procurator' meaning 'office or institution of the procurator'; structurally clear but the base word and suffix are specialized/rare for general learners.
Etymology
Procuratorate comes from the Latin procurare, which means 'to take care of' and is made from pro- 'for' and cura 'care'. So a procuratorate is the office that 'takes care of' legal cases for the public, which is why it handles public prosecution.