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
The alleged kidnappers shocked the victim with electric wires, held him upside down from the top of a staircase, cut his leg with a saw and threatened to kill his family in a bid to coerce their Italian hostage to unlock his Bitcoin account, prosecutors said.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Security footage from the gas station captured the shooter running with a distinctive stride, prosecutors said during the trial.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Groves was recently convicted of second-degree murder and faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 May 2025
James took the stand as prosecutors at the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office sought to establish allegations that Combs operated a criminal enterprise for two decades until his high-profile arrest in September last year.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Security footage from the gas station captured the shooter running with a distinctive stride, prosecutors said during the trial.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Groves was recently convicted of second-degree murder and faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 May 2025
James took the stand as prosecutors at the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office sought to establish allegations that Combs operated a criminal enterprise for two decades until his high-profile arrest in September last year.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutor
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Trending Stories Additionally, his lawyers urged Judge Gregory Carro to allow Mangione to appear without the bulletproof vest he was required to wear at his February 21 state court appearance.—
Lorena O'Neil,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Ara’s joining the firm comes on the heels of Weil’s hiring in February of sports, media and entertainment lawyer Steve Argeris as a partner in the U.S. Private Equity Group, based in Weil’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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Separately, attorneys for the families of victims of the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 filed a civil lawsuit under a different provision of the law concerning unfair trade practices.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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If any inmates were denied parole because of the faulty tests, they could be owed a new hearing before the parole board, said attorneys representing inmates affected by the defective drug tests.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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The district attorney’s office on Tuesday said that the decision to dismiss the indictment was connected to the opinion of a use-of-force expert.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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The Santa Fe district attorney abandoned an appeal of that ruling in December, after the state attorney general declined to pursue it.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Timothy Hauser, then an associate solicitor at the Labor Department, was one of the attorneys who signed the brief.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
30 Dec. 2024
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The second occurred at a four-way intersection with four solicitors distracting drivers and leading to a car being rear-ended as a result.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 May 2025
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The imprisonment of Judge Carmichael and prosecuting attorney Powell had nothing to do with treason but was simply to protect a political ally of the president and to display the power of the federal government.—
Paul Callahan,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025
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Deputy prosecuting attorneys Jonathan Dixon and Madison McEver litigated the case on behalf of the state of Arkansas.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
29 Apr. 2025
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