prosecutor
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈprɒsɪkjuːtər/
:
fiscal
- The prosecutor presented compelling evidence to support the charges against the defendant.
- prosecutor's office
- a public prosecutor
- the prosecutor charged
He he spent days and weeks with the prosecutor on Manson's trial.
- He he spent days and weeks with the prosecutor on Manson's trial.
- And we need accountability for prosecutors who failed in their duty.
- Some of those are actually in the legal system as prosecutors, district attorneys, judges.
- I think Keir Starmer is at his heart, he is a prosecutor.
- And then, and sometimes some prosecutors lose sight of that, right.
- So how, why doesn't a prosecutor get asked that question?
- There's the discretion of police, prosecutors, judges, juries.
- Then it says the juror said he found the prosecutors to be arrogant.
- South John Durham, he's this prosecutor, seems to be a little leaning, right.
- And the prosecutor maintains that she was right.
- They had a clever prosecutor, very intelligent man.
- um, with the prosecutor that Tyree was not there.
- So NCIS and the lead prosecutor ended up spying on our team.
- And they're very good for the prosecutor, not very good for the defense attorneys.
Examples
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The prosecutor is pulling the case.
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But I'm getting the impression from the prosecutor that they may be willing to reduce it today to a misdemeanor.
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I have the name of the prosecutor that put the two cases against him.
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So the prosecutor gave fair warning.
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The public prosecutor has put charges on me.
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What was the prosecutor offering?
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And the prosecutor maintains that she was right.
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Will the prosecutor question the witnesses without even reading the indictment?
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The police are outraged, and the prosecutor has appealed the release.
Academic text (2011) -
The way it was going, they might have to ask the prosecutor to consider plea bargaining for Laurie.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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4.2
A lawyer who brings criminal charges for the government in a local area
123
6.6
A government lawyer who brings criminal charges in a district court
28
6.8
A government lawyer who brings criminal charges for the state
24
5.5
A lawyer who brings criminal cases in court for the state government
10
5.9
A government lawyer who tries to prove someone committed a crime in court
2
4.1
A government official who brings criminal charges in court for the state
A government lawyer who tries to prove someone committed a crime in court
Antonyms
Compounds
How Zealous
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4.3
- Literature
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8.2
4
7.9
789
4.6
93
3.5
11
2.8
68
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prosecutor comes from the Latin prosequi, meaning 'to follow up' or 'pursue'. A good way to remember it is to think of a prosecutor as the lawyer who 'follows' the case for the government and pursues evidence to prove a crime.