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Recent Examples of procurator Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals. Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022 The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved. Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021 In September, the procurator general and advocate general, who advise the court, published an opinion urging the justices to reject the government’s arguments. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019 Moving forward requires that the group shell out as much as $7,000, which includes a filing fee and the cost of hiring a procurator-advocate, who will argue the case on the group’s behalf. Jordan Otero Sisson, Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procurator
Noun
  • The startled deputy lets out a scream and races back toward his patrol vehicle.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This week, multiple deputies in the Hall County Sheriff's Office resigned amid ongoing Flock misuse investigations.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Booth was in Toronto with his wife to attend an international convention for the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) when delegates from New York suddenly received frantic calls and left the meeting.
    Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Donofry was among the roughly 450 delegates from battleground states Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, along with his home state of Ohio, whom Vance addressed privately at a Thursday morning breakfast.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Twenty years later, a mayoral candidate with the same last name, Abdullah Hammoud, previously a state representative who is not related to Abed Hammoud, was elected, becoming the first Arab American mayor of Dearborn.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Talks with Hall’s representatives had taken place over an extended period, but getting the left-back to actually put pen to paper on the deal would be consequential.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Their defensive line flipped from fatal flaw to deep, disruptive chaos agent.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • What was the reason, exactly, for agents dressing for battle and toting weapons and riding in boats down the Chicago River?
    Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Her attorney declined to comment about the complaints lodged against the school.
    Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But at the last moment, the defense attorney sprung up from his chair to argue a Hail Mary in a final effort to avert a mistrial, prompting a court officer to hold out his hand to signal the jurors should not yet enter the courtroom.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The region’s chief minister, who heads the executive branch, will be elected by parliament in its first session.
    Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But protests sprang up, and eventually Serbian prosecutors charged the minister of culture with falsifying documents to secure permits.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Procurator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procurator. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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