prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈprä-si-ˌkyü-tər 
1
: a person who institutes a prosecution before a court
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Pollion woke up screaming and tried to back away down the train car aisle before collapsing, prosecutors said.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2026
Federal prosecutors charged 26 people in a massive college basketball point-shaving scheme Thursday, which involved numerous players and teams from NCAA Division I men’s basketball.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2026
The overarching theme is fraud that has reached estimates of $9 billion, according to federal prosecutors.
—Makenzi Henderson, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2026
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2026
Federal prosecutors charged 26 people in a massive college basketball point-shaving scheme Thursday, which involved numerous players and teams from NCAA Division I men’s basketball.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2026
The overarching theme is fraud that has reached estimates of $9 billion, according to federal prosecutors.
—Makenzi Henderson, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2026
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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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