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
According to prosecutors, surveillance video captured Cardoza minutes later sitting on a bench, removing his pants and throwing them in a garbage bin.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
France’s Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control referred the matter to public prosecutors.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
In the first incident, Castillo called a transportation service and specifically requested a female driver, according to prosecutors.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
Trump reimbursed Cohen in monthly installments that prosecutors said amounted to falsified records.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
France’s Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control referred the matter to public prosecutors.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
In the first incident, Castillo called a transportation service and specifically requested a female driver, according to prosecutors.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
Trump reimbursed Cohen in monthly installments that prosecutors said amounted to falsified records.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutor
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The following episode kicks off on a much lighter note with the lawyers all sitting around trading their favorite cosmetic procedures and self-care rituals.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mainstream society, generally intent on grooming doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists, engineers, and computer coders, perceived a student learning a working-class skilled trade as somehow lowly, poorly compensated, a second-class citizen.—
Stephen Tave,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Sherrill, also a former federal prosecutor and attorney, entered politics less than a decade ago when she was elected to Congress in 2018.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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In addition to Kardashian and Watts, the attorneys will be played by Niecy Nash-Betts, Glenn Close, Teyana Taylor and Sarah Paulson, along with clients played by guest stars Brooke Shields, Jessica Simpson, Judith Light and Rick Springfield.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Elsewhere in the state, the Democrats retained their Supreme Court seats and the Democrats won the Pittsburgh mayoral race, the Philadelphia district attorney election and other key races.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Billboard has reached out to the Ventura County Police Department, the district attorney’s office and Madden.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 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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“Prosecutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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