prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
ˌprä-si-kyü-ˈtȯr-ē-əl 
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution
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There was no new witness, just good diligent police work and prosecutorial work.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Without any pending case or controversy — as Article III of the Constitution requires before a matter may come before a court — all remaining motions, including those seeking dismissal for vindictive or selective prosecution and prosecutorial misconduct, are void as well.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Halligan is a former insurance lawyer who did not have any prosecutorial experience before being tapped to lead the Virginia prosecutors' office.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
The sole prosecutor who defense lawyers say presented the case to the grand jury was Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience who was appointed to the job just days earlier.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Without any pending case or controversy — as Article III of the Constitution requires before a matter may come before a court — all remaining motions, including those seeking dismissal for vindictive or selective prosecution and prosecutorial misconduct, are void as well.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Halligan is a former insurance lawyer who did not have any prosecutorial experience before being tapped to lead the Virginia prosecutors' office.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
The sole prosecutor who defense lawyers say presented the case to the grand jury was Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience who was appointed to the job just days earlier.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Prosecutorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prosecutorial. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
ˌprä-si-kyü-ˈtōr-ē-əl
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution
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