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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McMahon has gutted the Education Department’s civil rights division, where lawyers and other federal employees work to ensure all students can access public school, free from discrimination.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors further expressed concerns about the department's ability to take the case to trial quickly due to problems identifying all the relevant materials that would need to be handed over to Comey's lawyers, sources said.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
8 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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The district attorney’s office never formally filed charges in connection to those offenses.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, the district attorney’s office found witness interviews never provided and a handwritten note that indicated the bullet hole in Kinser’s skull was too small to be from the gun Vedam had purchased.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 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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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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One person was taken into custody but was released with no criminal charges filed, according to Melissa Price Smith, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney.—
Susannah Cullinane,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Prosecutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutor. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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