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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Rosen has spent most of his prosecutorial career running the largest district attorney’s office in Northern California.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
It is intended to compensate people who were purportedly victims of prosecutorial overreach by the DOJ under the Biden administration.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 June 2026
This week, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, together with Representative Ro Khanna, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that reads less like a polite congressional inquiry and more like a prosecutorial brief.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Rozier’s lawyer calls the case prosecutorial overreach driven by desperate cooperators.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
It is intended to compensate people who were purportedly victims of prosecutorial overreach by the DOJ under the Biden administration.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 June 2026
This week, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, together with Representative Ro Khanna, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that reads less like a polite congressional inquiry and more like a prosecutorial brief.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Rozier’s lawyer calls the case prosecutorial overreach driven by desperate cooperators.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 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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