prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈprä-si-ˌkyü-tər 
1
: a person who institutes a prosecution before a court
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That same day, after seeing the prosecutor on TV, Thom fired off an email.
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Tresa Baldas, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Santos was expelled from Congress in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion and cast off to find for himself as prosecutors closed in.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
At the dawn of the Al Capone era, prosecutor William McSwiggin was killed in a hail of machine gun bullets outside a Cicero tavern
The McSwiggin murder was the kind of story that editors once thought sold newspapers.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
Then the reform-minded district attorney of Multnomah County, where Portland is located, was ousted by one of his own prosecutors, in a ballot seen as a referendum for greater accountability.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
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Tresa Baldas, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Santos was expelled from Congress in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion and cast off to find for himself as prosecutors closed in.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
At the dawn of the Al Capone era, prosecutor William McSwiggin was killed in a hail of machine gun bullets outside a Cicero tavern
The McSwiggin murder was the kind of story that editors once thought sold newspapers.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
Then the reform-minded district attorney of Multnomah County, where Portland is located, was ousted by one of his own prosecutors, in a ballot seen as a referendum for greater accountability.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prosecutor
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“Prosecutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prosecutor. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈpräs-i-ˌkyüt-ər
: a person (as a district attorney) who prosecutes especially a criminal case as lawyer for the state
Legal Definition
prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈprä-si-ˌkyü-tər
1
: a person who institutes a prosecution (as by making an affidavit or complaint charging the defendant)
2
: a government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution
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