as in lawyer
an officer of the court who represents the government in a criminal case and who tries to prove that the person accused of committing a crime is guilty
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Recent Examples of prosecutor
Bowles invited Fuller to a party, where Fuller was attacked by Tipton and Pipkins, according to prosecutors.
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
Mills, a former prosecutor, served two stints as Maine's attorney general.
—NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Tellis has also met with Chinese government officials on multiple occasions in recent years, including a September 2 dinner in Fairfax, Virginia, federal prosecutors allege.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Balmer then fled the scene, prosecutors said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
Mills, a former prosecutor, served two stints as Maine's attorney general.
—NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Tellis has also met with Chinese government officials on multiple occasions in recent years, including a September 2 dinner in Fairfax, Virginia, federal prosecutors allege.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Balmer then fled the scene, prosecutors said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutor
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Reporters interviewed dozens of former regime officials, many of whom spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety, as well as Syrian human rights lawyers, European law enforcement, civil society groups and members of the new Syrian government.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Right to Counsel program has since boosted the percentage of those with lawyers from 4% before the pandemic to up to 70% this year, a nonprofit involved said.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Robach was still married to actor Andrew Shue and Holmes was still married to attorney Marilee Fiebig.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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Scott, an attorney and former aspiring politician, was previously married to Ronna Romney from 1967 to 1992 and Sheri Jelalian from 2011 to 2016.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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So are the district attorney, sheriff and all but two of the county’s 19 state legislators.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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According to the Danville San Ramon, Moseby’s criminal trial has been delayed eight times in recent years as both his attorneys and prosecutors from the district attorney’s office have requested more time to work on the case.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The solicitor said key forensic evidence remains pending, writing that most of Dickey’s 40 prior arrests occurred outside his jurisdiction.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Thompson tried the case alongside assistant prosecuting attorneys Rob Sanders, Spencer Curtis and Savina Balano.—
PJ Green
October 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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Following the verdict, neither the defense or prosecuting attorneys were willing to comment on the outcome of the trial.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Prosecutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutor. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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