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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Launch a prosecutorial intake division.
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Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Since then, the brothers’ defense lawyers have filed a motion for an evidentiary hearing to put Quigley on the stand, in an effort to potentially dismiss their case for prosecutorial misconduct.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
But a 2022 change expanding Arizona's anti-SLAPP law to apply in criminal cases — the only state to do so — opened the door to examining prosecutorial motives.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Despite evidence that one of the Miami prosecutors, Reinhart, had started to lay the groundwork for working for Epstein, OPR concluded that there was no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct with any of the South Florida prosecutors.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Since then, the brothers’ defense lawyers have filed a motion for an evidentiary hearing to put Quigley on the stand, in an effort to potentially dismiss their case for prosecutorial misconduct.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
But a 2022 change expanding Arizona's anti-SLAPP law to apply in criminal cases — the only state to do so — opened the door to examining prosecutorial motives.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Despite evidence that one of the Miami prosecutors, Reinhart, had started to lay the groundwork for working for Epstein, OPR concluded that there was no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct with any of the South Florida prosecutors.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Prosecutorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prosecutorial. Accessed 7 Mar. 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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