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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Another would permit the White House, instead of residents, to appoint DC’s attorney general.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Other proposals include lowering the age of juveniles who can be prosecuted as adults from 16 to 14 and allowing the president to appoint the city’s attorney general.
—Connor Greene, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
To the dismay of party insiders, Anderson slipped through the 1994 Republican primary to win the GOP nomination for state attorney general.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Today the House Oversight Committee will consider more than a dozen bills related to DC, including one that calls for the president, not the district’s residents, to select the DC attorney general.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Other proposals include lowering the age of juveniles who can be prosecuted as adults from 16 to 14 and allowing the president to appoint the city’s attorney general.
—Connor Greene, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
To the dismay of party insiders, Anderson slipped through the 1994 Republican primary to win the GOP nomination for state attorney general.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Today the House Oversight Committee will consider more than a dozen bills related to DC, including one that calls for the president, not the district’s residents, to select the DC attorney general.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Attorney general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney%20general. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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