attorney general
noun
plural attorneys general or attorney generals
: the chief law officer of a nation or state who represents the government in litigation and serves as its principal legal adviser
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These include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who served as a senator in Florida, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, who served as Florida’s state attorney general.
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Alexander Lowie, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2025
Build relationships with governors, attorney generals, legislators, agencies, school boards and local coalitions.
—Toby Wong, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
In an amicus brief filed on Friday, senior Democrat state legal officials—including attorney generals from Washington, Minnesota, Colorado, and Illinois—compared the firing to Trump removing Article III judges, a group that includes the high court justices.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
In 2019, YouTube and Google reached a $170-million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York attorney general that alleged YouTube collected data on children younger than 13 without their parents’ consent.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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Alexander Lowie, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2025
Build relationships with governors, attorney generals, legislators, agencies, school boards and local coalitions.
—Toby Wong, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
In an amicus brief filed on Friday, senior Democrat state legal officials—including attorney generals from Washington, Minnesota, Colorado, and Illinois—compared the firing to Trump removing Article III judges, a group that includes the high court justices.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
In 2019, YouTube and Google reached a $170-million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York attorney general that alleged YouTube collected data on children younger than 13 without their parents’ consent.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Attorney general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney%20general. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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