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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
Defense attorneys accused prosecutors of withholding key information.
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2026
The victim was taken to the hospital with two stab wounds to her back, and cuts on her arm and hand that authorities say required stitches, per prosecutors.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles County prosecutors have also advanced a special allegation over the use of a deadly weapon, a knife, in the crime.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles County prosecutors later filed two counts of first-degree murder against him.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2026
The victim was taken to the hospital with two stab wounds to her back, and cuts on her arm and hand that authorities say required stitches, per prosecutors.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles County prosecutors have also advanced a special allegation over the use of a deadly weapon, a knife, in the crime.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles County prosecutors later filed two counts of first-degree murder against him.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutor
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West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is preparing for his team of lawyers to make their argument in front of the top court, a case defending the state's Save Women's Sports Act, which prohibits those who were assigned male at birth from playing on competitive female sports teams.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many others — Democrats, lawyers and other law enforcement officials — have watched the video with the conclusion that the ICE agent’s life was not at risk and the woman was not trying to ram her vehicle into him, based on the positioning of the tires.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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She was taken to Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing, and it is not immediately known if Natarajan has retained an attorney.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Her family called for peace and thanked the public for their support in a statement shared by their attorneys.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Trump has lambasted both Polis and the Republican district attorney who brought the charges, Dan Rubinstein, for keeping Peters in prison.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Now that possibility of a Republican district attorney, no matter how remote, is gone.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the summer of 1898, when Ken left Westminster School for a solicitor’s office in Weymouth, Alan, without his brothers or his mother, went on holiday with his father.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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Police also reportedly met with a solicitor Tuesday, just hours before he was set to speak to the media about the fire.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Dec. 2025
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According to Victoria Burton-Harris, the chief assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, the home invasion charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
12 Dec. 2025
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The prosecution’s case was built from the more than three years of investigative work from over 20 people in the prosecuting attorney’s office and countless law enforcement officers in the Kansas City metro, Thompson said.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Prosecutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutor. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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