prosecutor
noun
pros·e·cu·tor
ˈprä-si-ˌkyü-tər 
1
: a person who institutes a prosecution before a court
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Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca is facing 30 charges, which include felonies that carry potential sentences of up to 50 years in prison under Indiana's old penal code, Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears said during a news conference Wednesday.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Federal prosecutors said while many people were peacefully demonstrating against immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles County last summer, some people sought to use violence to obstruct, impede or injure officers conducting the enforcement operations.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
But now state and local prosecutors are studying whether crimes took place.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Federal prosecutors charged 22 people in the scheme that was operating out of the two restaurants owned by the Gerodemos family, Gino’s Steakhouse in Merrillville and Paragon in Hobart.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Federal prosecutors said while many people were peacefully demonstrating against immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles County last summer, some people sought to use violence to obstruct, impede or injure officers conducting the enforcement operations.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
But now state and local prosecutors are studying whether crimes took place.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Federal prosecutors charged 22 people in the scheme that was operating out of the two restaurants owned by the Gerodemos family, Gino’s Steakhouse in Merrillville and Paragon in Hobart.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 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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