prosecutor

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Recent Examples of prosecutor To their horror, the victim was being repeatedly stabbed by her own son, police and prosecutors said. Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025 What To Know The exact number of prosecutors who were fired Friday is not clear, but the Washington Post put the number at approximately 30. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025 The aircraft, which is designed to scoop water from bodies of water and drop it on fires, was able to land safely and was taken out of service for approximately five days for repairs, prosecutors said. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2025 After the cell door closed, prosecutors said Hidalgo asked to reopen the cell, then went back inside and started hitting and kicking Elfgeeh. Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for prosecutor 
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Noun
  • The lawyer called Jackson’s murder a tragic ending for a young man and promising artist.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Relli has voiced his disdain for Tacopina’s treatment of him during cross-examination, accusing the lawyer of attempting to confuse him and paint him in a negative light.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In the series, married attorneys Anna (played by Adams) and Tom Bowden are in peril when Max Cady (Bardem, in the role Robert De Niro played in the 1991 film), a killer from their past, is released from prison.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Damien Williams, the former U.S. attorney in Manhattan, stepped down after Trump’s election victory.
    Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Friday’s development is just the latest twist in a complicated, layered, yearslong corruption scandal that has engulfed Alameda County, its county seat, Oakland, and led to the ousting of its mayor and a district attorney.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The inmate and the Norristown man accused of posting from the fake account are charged with criminal solicitation of murder of the first degree, conspiracy to murder of the first degree and criminal use of a communications facility, the district attorney’s office said.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • City’s explanation is that decision, and the case as a whole, fell into the remit of the solicitors representing the company’s insurers rather than the club itself.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In 2018, several members were elected to City Council in Bethlehem, and Susan Wild, the city solicitor in nearby Allentown and old friend of Ms. Morganelli’s, was elected to Congress with the group’s support.
    Charles Homans, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Newsweek has reached out to the Latah County prosecuting attorney via email for comment on Friday afternoon.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • State police special agents will prepare an investigative file to be submitted to the Greene County prosecuting attorney, who will determine whether the use of deadly force by the officers was consistent with Arkansas laws.
    Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Prosecutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutor. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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