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
Law enforcement ultimately escorted him from the Capitol, according to prosecutors.
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The ornate gold piece, which features 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds, was damaged in the heist, prosecutors said.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Alcohol monitoring was not ordered, according to a representative for the prosecutor's office.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
But nothing came of it after Keeler had spent years trying to convince prosecutors to charge Cleary, who later moved to California.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The ornate gold piece, which features 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds, was damaged in the heist, prosecutors said.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Alcohol monitoring was not ordered, according to a representative for the prosecutor's office.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
But nothing came of it after Keeler had spent years trying to convince prosecutors to charge Cleary, who later moved to California.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutor
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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While on his jobs, Colter often has close calls with law enforcement, leading Reenie, a lawyer, to swoop in and save the day.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Their attorney said law enforcement did not collect evidence from one of the dive computers, one of which is now missing.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Almost two hours after the start of the press conference, the mayor released a statement that didn't address any of the allegations made by Theetge's attorney.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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The district attorney's office is now pursuing two lesser charges against him — vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and child abuse/endangerment under circumstances or conditions likely to cause GBI or death — per the district attorney's news release.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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After graduating from Harvard and earning a law degree from Stanford, Torrez returned to Albuquerque to be an assistant district attorney.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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His solicitor informed the judge there would be no application for bail at this stage, and that an Arabic interpreter had been booked to assist him during the proceedings, The Irish Times reported.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 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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Nimish Ganatra, senior assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, alleges Savit suspended him and placed him under investigation for filing a Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission complaint against an unnamed Washtenaw assistant prosecutor Ganatra supervised.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Minor pleaded guilty Monday to DWI and was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended and credit for one day jail time served, fined $500 and assessed $360 in court fees, according to deputy prosecuting attorney Charles Duell.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Oct. 2025
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