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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The defendants are seeking to dismiss his suit, arguing in court filings that they are protected by prosecutorial immunity and that Baldwin has failed to state a claim.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Operation Sideswipe kept expanding and racking up prosecutorial victories, building off the work of private-sector investigators and lawyers for the trucking companies.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement tactics during the extensive investigation — including one officer encouraging Genrich to commit suicide — and prosecutorial misconduct during the trial fostered early and lingering doubts about Genrich’s guilt.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
People are now seeing the vulnerability of a world that wasn’t really based on laws; it was based on norms of prosecutorial decision and discretion, and that’s sort of fallen away.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Operation Sideswipe kept expanding and racking up prosecutorial victories, building off the work of private-sector investigators and lawyers for the trucking companies.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement tactics during the extensive investigation — including one officer encouraging Genrich to commit suicide — and prosecutorial misconduct during the trial fostered early and lingering doubts about Genrich’s guilt.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
People are now seeing the vulnerability of a world that wasn’t really based on laws; it was based on norms of prosecutorial decision and discretion, and that’s sort of fallen away.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for prosecutorial
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“Prosecutorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prosecutorial. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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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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