Thesaurus results for PROSECUTOR

prosecutor

noun

Definition of prosecutor

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 In their original complaint, prosecutors claimed that, between 2017 and 2024, Smith used an army of bots to improperly stream his music millions of times. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have pursued a slew of criminal cases against protesters involved in those demonstrations, though many of the cases have been dismissed, reduced to misdemeanor charges or rejected by grand juries. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Miller imported plutonium from Russia and arranged for it to be mailed to him at his Massachusetts residence, prosecutors said. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 According to prosecutors, Cox entered the United States from Jamaica as a tourist in 1999 and remained after her visa expired the following year. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prosecutor

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Lawyers for the estate countered Monday that SAPS, as a corporate defendant, could not represent itself and was required to appear through a lawyer.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Roberts later pressed Kevin Russell, a lawyer for the Boulder officials, on the practical implications of siding with his position.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of lawyer

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Jamal, who co-founded the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, which helps immigrants find pro bono attorneys, also helped retain a lawyer for the Somali teenager charged with piracy in the infamous Captain Richard Phillips hostage-taking.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Federal government attorneys say the lawsuits are a backdoor way to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and amount to an unconstitutional power grab.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorney

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When reached for comment, the district attorney staff member referred all questions to the district attorney, the Times reported.

— Isa Mudannayake, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
That led the Tompkins County district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, to reopen the criminal investigation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of district attorney

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Clay County’s deputy chief prosecuting attorney, Spencer Curtis, was appointed by the North Kansas City Council to fill the position, effective as of midnight on Wednesday.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
In exchange, the state agreed to drop a murder charge, according to the Franklin County prosecuting attorney.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

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