prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈprä-si-ˌkyü-tər 
1
: a person who institutes a prosecution before a court
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The case was solved years later through DNA evidence, along with the exhumation of the family dog, which prosecutors said Kovacich had kicked and beaten to death.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Three people were indicted on federal charges after a crime spree that included an armed carjacking and kidnapping, leading to the arrest of a woman in Downtown Pittsburgh, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The ruling came after prosecutors agreed to drop a murder charge against Johnson, 34, in exchange for no contest pleas on one count of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of child abuse resulting in great bodily injury.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Nearly six years later, prosecutors filed a new indictment charging Maduro, Flores, Maduro's son, and three others with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offenses.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Three people were indicted on federal charges after a crime spree that included an armed carjacking and kidnapping, leading to the arrest of a woman in Downtown Pittsburgh, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The ruling came after prosecutors agreed to drop a murder charge against Johnson, 34, in exchange for no contest pleas on one count of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of child abuse resulting in great bodily injury.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Nearly six years later, prosecutors filed a new indictment charging Maduro, Flores, Maduro's son, and three others with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offenses.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 26 Mar. 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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